*nautą

Runic: ᚾᚨᚢᛏᚨ Pronunciation: /ˈnɑu̯.tɑ̃/

noun · neuter · a-stem

Meanings

benefit; profit; foredeal
possession
livestock; cattle

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’). Cognate with Lithuanian naudà (‘utility, usefulness, note’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	nautą	nautō
Acc.	nautą	nautō
Gen.	nautas, nautis	nautǫ̂
Dat.	nautai	nautamaz
Inst.	nautō	nautamiz
Voc.	nautą	nautō

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Descendants

*naut (Proto-West Germanic)
- nōt (Old Dutch)
  - noot (Middle Dutch)
    - noot, nootstal (Dutch)
*naut (Proto-West Germanic)
- nēat (Old English)
  - net, nete, neet (Middle English)
    - neat (English)
    - neat, neit (Scots)
*naut (Proto-West Germanic)
- nāt (Old Frisian)
  - nut, nuat, nuet, nyt (North Frisian)
*naut (Proto-West Germanic)
- nōȥ (Old High German)
  - nōȥ (Middle High German)
    - Nooss (Alemannic German)
    - Noß (Bavarian)
*naut (Proto-West Germanic)
- *nōt, nōtil (Old Saxon)
  - *nôt, nôthof (Middle Low German)
? (Proto-Norse)
- naut (Old Norse)
  - neyt (Faroese)
  - naut (Icelandic)
? (Proto-Norse)
- naut (Old Norse)
  - naut, naute, noute, nowte (Middle English)
    - nowt, nolt (English)
    - nowt, nolt (Scots)
? (Proto-Norse)
- naut (Old Norse)
  - nøt (Old Danish)
    - nød (Danish)
? (Proto-Norse)
- naut (Old Norse)
  - nø̄t (Old Swedish)
    - nöt (Swedish)
*nuta (Proto-Slavic)
*nauta (Proto-Finnic)
*nāvtē (Proto-Samic)

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