Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nataz

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

From Proto-Indo-European *ned- (wet), which Kroonen tentatively considers a deverbal root from *unod-o-, ultimately from *wed- (water). Cognate with Sanskrit उन्द् (und, to wet, well up, moisten), whence उनत्ति (unátti);[1] compare also Ancient Greek νοτερός (noterós, damp, wet, humid), Welsh nodd (wetness, humidity, sap).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑ.tɑz/

Adjective

*nataz

  1. wet

Inflection

Declension of *nataz (a-stem)
Strong declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *nataz *natō *natą, -atō *natai *natôz *natō
accusative *natanǭ *natǭ *natą, -atō *natanz *natōz *natō
genitive *natas, -is *nataizōz *natas, -is *nataizǫ̂ *nataizǫ̂ *nataizǫ̂
dative *natammai *nataizōi *natammai *nataimaz *nataimaz *nataimaz
instrumental *natanō *nataizō *natanō *nataimiz *nataimiz *nataimiz
Weak declension
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative *natô *natǭ *natô *nataniz *natōniz *natōnō
accusative *natanų *natōnų *natô *natanunz *natōnunz *natōnō
genitive *natiniz *natōniz *natiniz *natanǫ̂ *natōnǫ̂ *natanǫ̂
dative *natini *natōni *natini *natammaz *natōmaz *natammaz
instrumental *natinē *natōnē *natinē *natammiz *natōmiz *natammiz

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *nat
    • Old Saxon: *nat
      • Middle Low German: nat
        • German Low German: natt
    • Old Dutch: nat
    • Old High German: naz
  • Old Norse: Nǫt, Nöt (river name)
  • Gothic: *𐌽𐌰𐍄𐍃 (*nats) (in derivatives)

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*nata-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 384