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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