Where does “nett” come from?

nett (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse net, from Proto-Germanic natją, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

nett (Norwegian Bokmål): a net; a network; nettet - the Internet

Definitions

  1. a net; a network; nettet - the Internet

Ancestry of “nett”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenetnet
2Proto-Germanicnatjąnet
3Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together

Words derived from “nett”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →Every word from Proto-Germanic natją →Every word from Old Norse net →