Where does “nitte” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nitte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicnatinet
2Proto-Germanicnatjąnet
3Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →Every word from Proto-Germanic natją →Every word from Proto-West Germanic nati →