Re: Cognates & etymology of English net

On 2007-12-03 11:28, alexandru_mg3 wrote:

> I suspect that we have here a compound word ( PAlb. *na - *parka? ) but
> I couldn't fix yet the second part with a high probability
>
> Any help here?

I wonder if it isn't Lat. natrice- --> something like PAlb. *nätrika >
*netërka > nepërkë ~ nëpërkë through irregular distortion (or perhaps
even folk-etymological contamination with <nëpër> 'through'), borrowed
into Romanian in the distorted form. Just a guess, but I can't offer a
better idea at the moment.

Piotr