On 2007-11-13 23:31, stlatos wrote:
> If *nad+ = *nx,d+ / *naxd+ then the derivative *nx,dti+s might have
> become *natti+z in Gmc ...
But the -tt- occurs only in West Germanic (as in OE nett-), where it
reflects the regular WGmc. gemination before *j (*natja- > *nattja-).
The Gmc. forms go back to n. *nat-ja- ~ f. *nat-jo:. Their relationship
with Lat. nassa can't be direct; the latter may reflect *nad-ta:,
possibly with */nhd-/ as in lassus < *l&1d-to-.
Piotr