cnagen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gnagan, *knagan, from Proto-West Germanic *gnagan.

Verb

cnāgen

1. to gnaw
2. to eat away

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: knagen
• Limburgish: knage

Further reading

• “cnaghen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cnagen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN