nǫkkviðr

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adjective

nǫkkviðr

  1. naked

Descendants

Largely displaced by descendants of nakinn

  • Old Swedish: nakudher, naqvidher, nakotter
  • Gutnish: naken, nakuer, nåkur, nåkvar, nåkugur, nåkagur
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