Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/natǭ

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 This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂d- (“to twist, knot, tie”). Possibly cognate with Old Irish nenaid (“nettle”).[1]

Noun

*natǭ f[1]

  1. nettle

Inflection

ōn-stemDeclension of *natǭ (ōn-stem)
singular plural
nominative *natǭ *natōniz
vocative *natǭ *natōniz
accusative *natōnų *natōnunz
genitive *natōniz *natōnǫ̂
dative *natōni *natōmaz
instrumental *natōnē *natōmiz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*natōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384
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