Where does “hnitu” come from?

hnitu (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱ(o)nid- — nit, louse egg.

Ancestry of “hnitu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱ(o)nid-nit, louse egg

Words derived from “hnitu

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱ(o)nid-
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