Where does “ælnett” come from?

ælnett (Old English) comes from Old English nett, from Proto-West Germanic nati, from Proto-Germanic natją, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

ælnett (Old English): eel net: a net for catching eels

Definitions

  1. eel net: a net for catching eels

Ancestry of “ælnett”, step by step

ælnett traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English nett

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

via Old English ǣl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishǣleel
2Proto-West Germanicāleel
3Proto-Germanicēlazeel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →Every word from Proto-Germanic natją →Every word from Proto-West Germanic nati →