Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/nati

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Germanic *natją.

Noun edit

*nati n^[1]

net

Inflection edit

Neuter ja-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*nati
Genitive	*nattjas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*nati	*nattju
Accusative	*nati	*nattju
Genitive	*nattjas	*nattjō
Dative	*nattjē	*nattjum
Instrumental	*nattju	*nattjum

Derived terms edit

*nattjan

Descendants edit

Old English: nett, net
- Middle English: nett
  - Scots: net
  - English: net
Old Frisian: nette, nitte
- North Frisian: net
- Saterland Frisian: Nät
- West Frisian: net
Old Saxon: net, nett, netti
- Middle Low German: nette, net
  - Low German: Nett
Old Dutch: *net, *netti
- Middle Dutch: net, nette
  - Dutch: net
Old High German: nezzi
- Middle High German: netze
  - German: Netz
  - Luxembourgish: Netz
  - Yiddish: נעץ (nets)

References edit

^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *nati, *natʲtʲ”

[1] Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 238: “PWGmc *nati, *natʲtʲ”

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