Re: [tied] Nuadha, Net, etc

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
wrote:

> The forms Núadu/Nudd/Nodens reflect Proto-Celtic *noud-ant- (or
> *neud-ant-). I don't know of a convincing internal Celtic

etymology.

> Perhaps it is connected with the root *neud- 'use, enjoy, possess',
> known from Germanic and Baltic (but not, AFAIK, from Celtic) --

then it

> could be etymologised as *neud-(o)nt- 'possessor', but I'm just

guessing.

>
> Piotr

Thank you very much for the reply, I was beginning to despair.
For some reason, and I am not sure why, I had the idea that it
somehow related to a word meaning "protector".

I'm at work and without any texts, but I recall some author pondering
whether it might be related to the continental "Sax-not"........
which I believe was translated to mean Sword-Companion or Saxon-God.
Does this seem to make any sense at all?

Sincerely,
Aydan