1420.
Lindeman
(Fredrik Otto): Varia: VI. On the origin of the Celto-Germanic etymon *
nent
-.
In
Ériu 50
(1999), pp. 183–184.
ad. E. P.
Hamp
,
in
Ériu 27 (1976) p. 1-20 [8.
nantu
-,
nanti
-]. *
nent
- ‘be bold, aggressive’, as in OIr.
néit
‘combat, battle’, reflects an Indo-European verbal theme.
Hamp
(E. P.) (
ref.
)
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