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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *nent-
Meaning: to dare
Tokharian: A nati `Macht, Kraft'
Celtic: *nenti- (~ -an-) > OIr nēit `Kampf'
Russ. meaning: осмеливаться
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *nínɵan-, *nánɵian-, *nánɵa-n, *nánɵō
Meaning: dare, courage
Gothic: *ana-nanɵjan wk. `courage', *ga-nanɵjan wk. `stop'
Old Norse: nenna wk. `Lust haben, sich bereit erklären', nenninn `tätig, strebsam'
Norwegian: nenna vb.
Swedish: nänna-s vb.
Danish: nenne vb.
Old English: nēɵan `wagen', nōɵ f. `Mut'
Old Frisian: nētha vb.
Old Saxon: nōthian `wagen'; -nāth, -nōth `kühn'
Old High German: { *(gi)nindan, prt. ginand `wagen'; ginenden `wagen'; nand n. `Mut'; -nand `kühn' }
Middle High German: genɛnden wk. 'mut fassen, sich erkühnen, wagen'; genɛnde, genɛndec 'kühn, mutig, eifrig'
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Pokorny's dictionary :
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Number: 1348
Root: nant-
English meaning: to dare, risk
German meaning: `wagen, sich erkühnen'
General comments: nur kelt. und germ.
Material: Air. néit m. `Kampf (*nanti-); got. ana-nanþjan `wagen', aisl. nenna `übers Herz bringen', ahd. Prät. ginand `Mut wozu haben', ginenden, as. nāthian, ags. nēþan `wagen', aisl. nenninn `tätig, strebsam' (`*wagefroh') mhd. genende(c) `eifrig', ahd. nand (auch in Namen wie Ferdinand), ags. nōð f. `Mut'.
References: WP. II 317.
Pages: 755
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