Etymograph

English

nosh

Nosh comes from Middle High German naschen ‘nibble’, from Proto-West Germanic *hnaskwōn ‘to weaken’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knes- ‘to scrape’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*knes-‘to scrape’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hnaskuz‘soft, tender, yielding’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hnaskwī‘soft, weak, tender’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*hnaskwōn‘to weaken’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050naskōn‘to nibble’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350naschen‘nibble’
  7. Yiddishmodernנאַשןnashn
  8. Englishtodaynosh

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*knes-‘to scrape’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hnaskuz‘soft, tender, yielding’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hnaskwī‘soft, weak, tender’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanic, derivedc. 200–500 CE*hnaskwōn‘to weaken’reconstructed
  5. Old High Germanc. 750–1050naskōn‘to nibble’
  6. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350naschen‘nibble’
  7. Yiddishmodernנאַשןnashn
  8. Englishtodaynosh

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ken- ‘to scrape’

recent, nod, incinerate, recency, cinerea, nookie, 20 more

Today it means

noun Food.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *knes- / nosh

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