German Gneis

← German knistern (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *gahnaistô (inherited)

← Proto-Germanic *ga- (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *hnaistô (mention)

← Middle High German gneist (inherited)

← Old High German gneisto (inherited)

→ English gneiss (derived)

→ English gnast (cognate)

→ Afrikaans gneis (borrowed)

→ Spanish gneis (borrowed)

→ Alemannic German chneiste (cognate)

→ Norwegian Bokmål gneis (derived)

→ Dutch gneis (derived)

→ Norwegian Nynorsk gneis (derived)