Etymology

gnag

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Today it means: To gnaw; nibble; bite at (something) Full definition →

Middle English *gnaggen ← Old Norse gnaga ← Proto-Germanic *gnaganą
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*gnaganą“to gnaw”
  2. Old Norse · derived fromgnaga“to gnaw”
  3. Middle English · inherited from*gnaggen
  4. English todaygnag

From Middle English *gnaggen, *gnagen, from Old Norse gnaga (“to gnaw”), from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą (“to gnaw”). More at English gnaw.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*gnaganą all →

gnaw

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