Where does “נאַס” come from?

נאַס (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German naȥ, from Old High German naȥ, from Proto-West Germanic *nat, from Proto-Germanic nataz, from Proto-Indo-European ned- — to be wet; wet; to tie together.

נאַס (Yiddish): wet; rainy

Definitions

  1. wet; rainy

Ancestry of “נאַס”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannaȥ—
2Old High Germannaȥwet
3Proto-West Germanic*natwet
4Proto-Germanicnatazwet
5Proto-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 →