Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/naut

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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *nautą.

Noun

*naut n

bovine, ox

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*naut
Genitive	*nautas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*naut	*nautu
Accusative	*naut	*nautu
Genitive	*nautas	*nautō
Dative	*nautē	*nautum
Instrumental	*nautu	*nautum

Descendants

Old English: nēat
- Middle English: net, nete, neet
  - Scots: neat, neit
  - English: neat
Old Frisian: nāt
- North Frisian: nut, nuat, nuet, nyt
Old Saxon: *nōt; nōtil
- Middle Low German: *nôt; nôthof
Old Dutch: nōt
- Middle Dutch: noot
  - Dutch: noot, nootstal
Old High German: nōz
- Middle High German: nōz
  - Bavarian: Noß
  - Alemannic German: Nooss