Where does “nette” come from?

nette (Middle Low German) comes 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.

Ancestry of “nette”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nette

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned-