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N (neut)

A neat, an ox or a cow, cattle, beast, animal

Source: Ringe 2014:172, https://bosworthtoller.com/23525
originates from
PNWGmc *nautą "bovine, ox" (nautą > naut > nēat)
(source: Ringe 2014:172)
PGmc *nauta- "cattle" (nauta- > naut > nēat) through pgmc-to-oe
(source: Kroonen 2013:385)