Where does “nati” come from?

nati (Sranan Tongo) comes from Dutch nat, from Middle Dutch nat, from Old Dutch nat, from Proto-West Germanic *nat, from Proto-Germanic nataz, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

nati (Sranan Tongo): wet

Definitions

  1. wet

Ancestry of “nati”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnatwet; moisture
2Middle Dutchnat—
3Old Dutchnatwet
4Proto-West Germanic*natwet
5Proto-Germanicnatazwet
6Proto-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 Proto-West Germanic *nat →