Where does “gnida” come from?

gnida (Swedish) comes from Old Norse gniða, from Proto-Germanic gnīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰneydʰ- — to rub.

gnida (Swedish): to rub

Definitions

  1. to rub

Ancestry of “gnida”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsegniðato rub, to scrub
2Proto-Germanicgnīdanąto rub, to grind
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʰneydʰ-to rub

Words derived from “gnida”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰneydʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic gnīdaną →Every word from Old Norse gniða →
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