Where does “*nat” come from?
*nat (Proto-West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic nataz, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.
Ancestry of “*nat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Germanic | nataz | wet |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | ned- | to be wet; wet; to tie together |