Where does “hnawwaz” come from?

hnawwaz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

hnawwaz (Proto-Germanic): tight; narrow; sparse; meager; lean; scarce

Definitions

  1. tight; narrow; sparse; meager; lean; scarce

Ancestry of “hnawwaz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
2Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “hnawwaz”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →