Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA biting insect, especially a mosquito. · An annoying person.
From Middle English gnat, from Old English gnætt (“gnat; midge; mosquito”), from Proto-West Germanic *gnatt, *gnattu, from Proto-Germanic *gnattaz, *gnattuz (“gnat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw; scratch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰen- (“to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind”). Cognate with Low German Gnatte (“gnat”), dialectal Swedish gnatt (“mosquito”), German Gnatz (“scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess”). Related also gnit and gnaw.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentiongnatenm
- Inherited-form mentiongnættang · gnat; midge; mosquito
- Inherited-form mention*gnattgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*gnattazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*gʰneHdʰn-ine-pro
- Derivation mention*gʰen-ine-pro · to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind
- Cognate mentionGnattends · gnat
- Cognate mentiongnattsv · mosquito
- Cognate mentionGnatzde · scabs; rash; scabies; stinginess
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Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
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