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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/natǭ
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
Unknown; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂d- (“to twist, knot, tie”). Possibly cognate with Old Irish nenaid (“nettle”).[1]
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
- Proto-West Germanic: *natā
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *natilā
- Old English: netele, netle
- Old Frisian: *netele
- Saterland Frisian: Neetele, Neetel
- West Frisian: nettel
- Old Saxon: netila
- Middle Low German: nêtele, nettele, nettel
- German Low German:
- Westphalian:
- Westmünsterländisch: Nettel, Nöttel
- East Westphalian: Niedel (Ravensberg), Nettel (Lippe)
- South Westphalian: Niëdel (Dortmund)
- Sauerländisch: Nietel, Nettel (Wenden)
- Westphalian:
- Dutch Low Saxon:
- Twents: nettel
- → Danish: nelde, nælde
- → Norwegian: nesle, netla, nesla, natla
- → Old Swedish: nætla
- Swedish: nässla, nättla, nälla
- → Scanian: nælla
- German Low German:
- Middle Low German: nêtele, nettele, nettel
- Old Dutch: *netila
- Old High German: nezzila
- Middle High German: nezzel
- Cimbrian: éssala (reanalyzed)
- German: Nessel
- → Yiddish: ברעננעסל (brennesl)
- Yiddish: ניסול (nisul) (Middle Yiddish, attested in Shemot Devarim)
- Middle High German: nezzel
- ⇒ Proto-West Germanic: *natilā
- Old Norse: nata
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