Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗verb
To catch by means of a net. · To catch in a trap, or by stratagem. · To enclose or cover with a net. · To score (a goal).
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA mesh of string, cord or rope. · A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc. · A device made from such mesh, generally used for trapping something. · Anything that has the appearance of such a device.
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją (“net”), from Proto-Indo-European *neHd- (“to knot, turn, twist”). Cognates Cognate with North Frisian näät (“net”), Saterland Frisian Nät (“net”), West Frisian and Dutch net (“net”), German and Luxembourgish Netz (“net”), Yiddish נעץ (nets, “net”), Danish, Elfdalian, Faroese, and Icelandic net (“net”), Norwegian Bokmål nett (“net”), Norwegian Nynorsk net, nett (“net”), Swedish nät (“net”), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹 (nati, “net”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionnetenm
- Inherited-form mentionnetang
- Inherited-form mention*natigmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*natjągem-pro · net
- Derivation mention*neHd-ine-pro · to knot, turn, twist
- Cognate mentionnäätfrr · net
- Cognate mentionNätstq · net
- Cognate mentionנעץyi · net
- Cognate mentionnettnb · net
- Cognate mentionnetnn
- Cognate mentionnätsv · net
- Cognate mention𐌽𐌰𐍄𐌹got · net
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