Re: Cognates & etymology of English net

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alexandru_mg3" <alexandru_mg3@...>
wrote:

> 1. English net < OE nett < Germanic *nat- < PIE *nad-
>
> 2. If Latin nassa,nassis belongs here < PIE *nad-t-
>
> 3. Romanian nad& is considered from Bulgarian nada ....
> http://dexonline.ro/search.php?cuv=nada
> Any hint regarding the etymology of Bulgarian form?

H2 = x (or G in some voiced env.)

If *nad+ = *nx,d+ / *naxd+ then the derivative *nx,dti+s might have
become *natti+z in Gmc if the analysis below is correct:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/post?act=reply&messageNum=50298

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "stlatos" <stlatos@...> wrote:

> It's also possible that *kaxdh+ >> *kx,dhtu+s > *xattu+z if there
> was no t>s after a fricative and if tt didn't become a interdental
> fric. gemin. later, depending on the rules.

Latin nassa / naxa is probably from *nakssa: < *nasska: < *nadska:
derived from the verb *nx,dsYkYox ( > OIr -nascim 'I bind').