nadar | OEDoS

nadar (Verb) "to swim" 11th cent. From Latin natare 'id.,' from nare "to swim" with a frequentive suffix -tare (see note under faltar). Latin nare is from Proto-Italic *(s)nā-je/o- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *sneh₂-i̯e/o- 'id.,' from the root *sneh₂- of the same meaning. Indo-European Romance Asturian nadar, Portuguese nadar, Galician nadar, Catalan nedar, Italian nuotare, Aromanian anot, Romanian înota, Sardinian anatare Celtic Old Irish snaïd "to swim," Middle Welsh nawf "swimming," Middle Breton neuff 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek νήχω (nék^ho) "I swim" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit snātas "he bathes," Young Avestan fra-snaiia- "to wash" Tocharian B nāsk- "to swim" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.