naschen
German (Berlin)
/ˈnaʃən/
verb-weak
Definitions
- to nibble, to eat sweets on the sly
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German naschen (nibble) inherited from Old High German nascōn (smack, nibble) inherited from *hnaskwōn (make soft, tenderise, weaken, tenderize, crush, grind).
Origin
*hnaskwōn
Gloss
make soft, tenderise, weaken, tenderize, crush, grind
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🥰
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nesh English
- neshen English
- neshness English
- nosh English
- nosher English
- noshery English
- Katze German
- Naschkatze German
- naschhaft German
- naschsüchtig German
- süchtig German
- vernaschen German
- nesh Middle English
- nascōn Old High German
- naskōn Old High German
- naschen Middle High German
- נאַשן Yiddish
- *hnaskwōn gmw-pro