Proto-Germanic: *naitian-
Meaning: punish, torment
Gothic: *ga-naitjan wk. `trat shamefully'; *naitīn-s f. (i/ō) `blasphemy'
Old English: nǟtan `quälen, plagen'
Old High German: { neiʒʒen `quälen, plagen' }
Middle High German: neiʒen, neisen wk. 'bedrängen, plagen, beschädigen, verderben'
