Where does “naut” come from?

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

naut (Plautdietsch): wet

Definitions

  1. wet

Ancestry of “naut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannat—
2Old Saxonnat—
3Proto-Germanicnatazwet
4Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ned- →Every word from Proto-Germanic nataz →Every word from Old Saxon nat →