Ennet

Alternative forms

• annet, annot

Origin

From Middle English enede, from Old English ened, æned ("drake, duck"), from Proto-Germanic *anudz ("duck"), from Proto-Indo-European *anǝt-, *nāt- ("duck"). Cognate with Dutch eend ("duck"), German Ente ("duck"), Swedish and ("duck, mallard"), Icelandic önd ("duck"), Latin anas ("duck, drake"), Lithuanian antis ("duck, mallard"), Russian утка (útka, "duck").

Full definition of ennet

Noun

1. (now chiefly dialectal) Duck; drake.
2. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) The common eider (Somateria mollissima).
3. (now chiefly dialectal) The kittiwake.

Derived terms

• stock annet

Related terms

• drake