Where does “nassa” come from?

nassa (Maltese) comes from Italian nassa, from Latin nassa, from Old Latin nasta, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

nassa (Maltese): fish-trap

Definitions

  1. fish-trap

Ancestry of “nassa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannassacreel, trap for fish
2Latinnassaa narrow-necked basket for catching fish, weel; a...
3Old Latinnasta—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →Every word from Old Latin nasta →Every word from Latin nassa →