Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *natǭScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_natǭ
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*neh₂d-to twist, knot, tienenaidnettle*natьleaves and stems of some vegetables
nounfeminineōn-stemnettleUncertain; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neh₂d- (‘to twist, knot, tie’), whence also *natją (‘net’), as nettle fibers were used for making nets. In this case, possibly cognate with Old Irish nenaid (‘nettle’), Proto-Slavic *natь (‘leaves and stems of some vegetables’), the latter which may have been borrowed from Germanic.