nøg

See also: nog, Nog, nög, nóg, nōg, and n-óg

Old Danish

Etymology

Perhaps from the same source as Proto-Germanic *hnakkô (“nape of the neck”). Compare Old Norse hnúka.

Adjective

nøg

1. avaricious

Synonyms

• girigh
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) “558-59”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 558-59