Re: Cognates & etymology of English net

From: alexandru_mg3
Message: 50502
Date: 2007-11-14

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

Hello Piotr,
Could you give me a feedback too, fon the Bulgarian nada and on the
related Slavic forms (if any)

Thanks,
Marius