Re: Gaelic and Sanskrit - and Nuada

> As part of my PIE religious exploration I have been doing a bit of
> research about the Celtic deity Nuada. (possibly related to Neton,

Net,

> Nodens, Neit)

There is no etymological connection between Net/Neit and Nuadu/Nodens.

> But while looking around I came across some material that said "Nuada
> shares the same root as the Welsh word for 'protect' (noddi)
> and 'protection' (nawdd). These are related to Irish nacht and

Sanskrit

> nud- and nudati, 'protect'."
> The only word I can even confirm as meaning what was stated is the
> Welsh noddi.

Irish Nuadu, along with its Brittonic cognate *Noudonts (Latinized as
Nodens) and Welsh Nudd, is generally believed to be derived from the
PIE root *neud- "to grasp for something, to acquire" which also gives
us the Gothic word for "fisherman", nuta (literally "netter", I
suppose - at the tenple of Nodens in Lydney archaeologists uncovered an
image of a fisherman).

- Chris Gwinn