Where does “netting” come from?

netting (Middle English) comes from Middle Low German nette, from Old Saxon net, from Proto-West Germanic nati, from Proto-Germanic natją, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

netting (Middle English): urine

Definitions

  1. urine

Ancestry of “netting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannette—
2Old Saxonnet—
3Proto-West Germanicnatinet
4Proto-Germanicnatjąnet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together

Words derived from “netting”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →