Where does “נאַש” come from?

נאַש (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish נאַשן, from Middle High German naschen, from Old High German nascōn, from Proto-West Germanic hnaskwōn, from Proto-Indo-European knēs-.

נאַש (Yiddish): a snack

Definitions

  1. a snack

Ancestry of “נאַש”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishנאַשןto snack, eat, nosh
2Middle High Germannaschennibble
3Old High Germannascōnto nibble; smack
4Proto-West Germanichnaskwōnto make soft, tender; to grind, crush
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknēs-—

Words derived from “נאַש”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European knēs- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hnaskwōn →Every word from Old High German nascōn →
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