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
Ancestry of “נאַס”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle High German | naȥ | — |
| 2 | Old High German | naȥ | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *nat | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nataz | wet |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ned- | to be wet; wet; to tie together |