Old English · noun
nett
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /nett/[net]
- Syllables
- nett (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- net
Meaning
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net
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *nati. Cognate with Old Frisian net, Old Saxon netti and fisknet, Old High German nezzi, Old Norse net, Gothic (nati). Perhaps related to Albanian neth (“sprout, bud”) and Russian нить (nitʹ, “thread”).
Descendants
net
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