Where does “נאַקן” come from?

נאַקן (Yiddish) comes from Old High German nak, from Proto-Germanic hnakkô, from Proto-Indo-European knog-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

נאַקן (Yiddish): nape

Definitions

  1. nape

Ancestry of “נאַקן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germannak—
2Proto-Germanichnakkôthe back of the neck; nape
3Proto-Indo-Europeanknog-back of the head, nape, neck
4Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knog- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnakkô →