Re: Cognates & etymology of English net

> I want to propose something radical:
>
> 1) the original root is *n,Wet- meaning "wet tangled mass", a
> derivation of *akw-, *an,W- "water"
>
> 2) the substrate roots *matt- "mat" and *mass- "mass" are related to

that root.

3) so are Lat. natrix "viper" (German "Wasserschlange"), German Natter
"adder", which occur in the set of Italic-Germanic root pairs with
vowel /a/ (which can't be original in Latin) listed by Kuhn;
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cybalist/message/30032
another pair there is aqua/ahwa

>
> 4) the donor language was spoken by the LBK-Rössen culture.
>

Torsten