Where does “gnagan” come from?

gnagan (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic gnaganą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- — to gnaw, scratch.

gnagan (Proto-West Germanic): to gnaw

Definitions

  1. to gnaw

Ancestry of “gnagan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicgnaganąto gnaw
2Proto-Indo-Europeangʰnēgʰ-to gnaw, scratch

Words derived from “gnagan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰnēgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gnaganą →