Etymology Explorer › Old Saxon

Where does “nat” come from?

nat (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-Germanic nataz, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

Ancestry of “nat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnatazwet
2Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together

Words derived from “nat”

  • nat
  • natt
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →