Where does “Nät” come from?

Nät (Plautdietsch) comes from Middle Low German nōte, from Old Saxon *hnutu, from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Nät (Plautdietsch): nut

Definitions

  1. nut

Ancestry of “Nät”, step by step

Nät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German nōte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannōtenut
2Old Saxon*hnutu—
3Proto-West Germanichnutnut
4Proto-Germanichnutsnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Middle Low German nette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannette—
2Old Saxonnet—
3Proto-West Germanicnatinet
4Proto-Germanicnatjąnet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →
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