nǫkkviðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

nøktr
nakinn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nakwadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“naked, bare”); see there for the cognates.

Adjective

nǫkkviðr

naked

Descendants

(from nakinn)

Danish: nøgen
Faroese: nakin
Icelandic: nakinn
Norwegian: naken (Bokmål), naken (Nynorsk)
Swedish: naken

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