anǝt-

    anǝt-

    English meaning: “duck”

    Deutsche Übersetzung: “Ente”

    Material: O.Ind. ütí -ḥ ütī f. “ water bird “ (or to O.Ice. ǣðr, Mod.Swe. åda f. “ eider duck “ from Gmc. *üdī- ?); Gk. νῆσσα, böot. νᾶσσα (*νᾱτι̯ᾱ O.Ind. ütí -ḥ) “ duck “; common Gk.-Illyr. -ks- > -ss- phonetic mutation Maybe zero grade Alb. (*nossa) rosa “ duck “ rhotacism n/r : Rom. (*rasta) RAŢủ “ duck “ Lat. anas f. (acc. anatem and anitem: G. pl. also-tium) “duck”, Gmc. *anud- and *anid in O.H.G. enit, anut, Npl. enti, O.S. anad, O.E. æned, O.Ice. ǫnd, Ger. “Duck”; balto-Slav. * ünt- from *anǝt- in Lith. ántis, O.Pruss. antis, Proto-Slav. *ǫty, Serb. ȕtva, aRuss. utovь (acc.), Clr. utjá “ duck”. Lat. anatīna (scil. caro) “duck’s meat”: Lith. antíena ds. Maybe Swedish anka “ duck “

    References: WP. I 60, WH. I 44, Trautmann 10.