Re: Cognates & etymology of English net

--- 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-).

It's not that simple; the words from *nx,dtis, *nx,dtLa:x 'nettle',
etc., lose either d or t in certain languages (apparently due in most
cases to the odd series of C together). It's possible that d>0 in Gmc
instead, but the possible changes that could affect either path aren't
clear enough for me to choose one with certainty.

Even though some of the other IE languages have more extensive
changes, other similar words with the same or similar changes within
the same language allow more certainty about them.

> 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-.

I didn't say it was direct. Since I wanted to explain naxa, I said
it was probably from *nx,dhsYkY()+ like OIr nasc.