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Where does “nagnás” come from?

nagnás (Proto-Indo-Aryan) comes from Proto-Indo-Iranian nagnás, from Proto-Indo-European negʷ- — bare, naked.

Ancestry of “nagnás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Iraniannagnásnaked, nude
2Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked

Words derived from “nagnás”

  • నగ్నము
  • नंगापन
  • नंगा
  • नग्न
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