Where does “nag” come from?

nag (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic nagъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic nōˀgás, from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós — bare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude.

nag (Serbo-Croatian): naked

Definitions

  1. naked

Ancestry of “nag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicnagъnaked, nude
2Proto-Balto-Slavicnōˀgásnaked
3Proto-Indo-Europeannogʷósbare, naked; naked, bare; naked, nude
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nogʷós →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic nōˀgás →Every word from Proto-Slavic nagъ →