Where does “gatny” come from?

gatny (Lower Sorbian) comes from Lower Sorbian gat, from Proto-Slavic gatь — dike; dam, pool.

gatny (Lower Sorbian): pond

Definitions

  1. pond

Ancestry of “gatny”, step by step

gatny traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lower Sorbian gat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbiangatpond; dam, embankment
2Proto-Slavicgatьdike; dam, pool

via Lower Sorbian gato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Lower Sorbiangatorecently
Every word from Proto-Slavic gatь →Every word from Lower Sorbian gat →