Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nautą

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

An a-stem of *neutaną (“to use, make use of; to enjoy”) (with original meaning likely "utilizable (cattle)"), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to acquire, make use of”).^[1] Cognate with Lithuanian naudà (“utility, usefulness, note”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɑu̯.tɑ̃/

Noun

*nautą n

Inflection

Declension of *nautą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*nautą	*nautō
vocative	*nautą	*nautō
accusative	*nautą	*nautō
genitive	nautas, nautis	*nautǫ̂
dative	*nautai	*nautamaz
instrumental	*nautō	*nautamiz

Related terms

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *naut
- 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
Proto-Norse:
- Old Norse: naut
  - Icelandic: naut
  - Faroese: neyt
  - Old Swedish: nø̄t
    - Swedish: nöt
  - Old Danish: nøt
    - Danish: nød
  - → Middle English: naut, naute, noute, nowte
    - Scots: nowt, nolt
    - English: nowt, nolt
→ Proto-Slavic: *nuta (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Finnic: *nauta (see there for further descendants)
→ Proto-Samic: *nāvtē (see there for further descendants)

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 385

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 385

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