nascaid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nadsketi, from Proto-Indo-European *neHd-. Cognate with Breton naskañ, English net, and Latin nassa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /n͈asʲkʲəðʲ/

Verb

nascaid (conjunct ·naisc, verbal noun naidm)

  1. to bind, to fasten

Inflection

Derived terms

  • imm·naisc

Descendants

  • Irish: nasc
  • Manx: naisht
  • Scottish Gaelic: naisg

References

  1. Matasović, Ranko (2009), “nad-sko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 282-283

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