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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/nautą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

An a-stem of *neutaną (“to use, make use of; to enjoy”) (with original meaning likely "utilizable (cattle)"), from Proto-Indo-European *newd- (“to acquire, make use of”).[1] Cognate with Lithuanian naudà (“utility, usefulness, note”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑu̯.tɑ̃/

Noun

*nautą n

  1. benefit; profit; foredeal
  2. possession
  3. livestock; cattle

Inflection
neuter a-stemDeclension of *nautą (neuter a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *nautą *nautō
vocative *nautą *nautō
accusative *nautą *nautō
genitive *nautas, *nautis *nautǫ̂
dative *nautai *nautamaz
instrumental *nautō *nautamiz

Descendants
  • Proto-West Germanic: *naut
    • Old English: nēat
    • Old Frisian: nāt
    • Old Saxon: *nōt; nōtil
      • Middle Low German: *nôt; nôthof
    • Old Dutch: nōt
    • Old High German: nōz
      • Middle High German: nōz
        • Bavarian: Noß
        • Alemannic German: Nooss
  • Proto-Norse:
  • → Proto-Slavic: *nuta

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 385
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