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Where does “noks-” come from?

noks- (Proto-Indo-European) comes from Proto-Indo-European neḱ- — to perish, disappear.

Ancestry of “noks-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanneḱ-to perish, disappear

Words derived from “noks-”

  • obnoxious
  • noxious
  • innoxious
  • obnoxiously
  • obnoxiousness
  • noxiousness
  • noxa
  • noxiously
  • nonnoxious
  • unobnoxious
  • unnoxious
  • noxia
  • noxalem
  • innoxius
  • noxitudo
  • obnoxiosus
  • noxalis
  • obnoxius
  • noxius
  • noxa
  • nossale
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