nake

Etymology

From Middle English naken (“to nake”), from Old English nacian (“to bare, strip, make naked”), from Proto-Germanic *nakwōną (“to make naked”), from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷ- (“to make naked”). Cognate with Old Norse nǫkkva (“to bare, expose”). More at naked.

verb

  1. (now chiefly Scotland) To make naked; to bare.
    Come, be ready, nake your swords. 1606, Thomas Middleton, The Revenger's Tragedy, act 4, scene 4

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