ennet

• annet, annot

From Middle English ende, enede, from Old English ened, æned (“drake, duck”), from Proto-West Germanic *anad (“duck”), from Proto-Germanic *anadz (“duck”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂ts (“duck”).

Cognate with Dutch eend (“duck”), German Ente (“duck”), West Frisian ein, Norwegian and Swedish and (“duck, mallard”), Icelandic önd (“duck”), Latin anas (“duck, drake”), Lithuanian antis (“duck, mallard”), Russian у́тка (útka, “duck”), Sanskrit आति (ātí, “aquatic bird”).

ennet (plural ennets)

1. (now chiefly dialectal) A duck or drake.
2. (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) A common eider (Somateria mollissima).
3. (now chiefly dialectal) A kittiwake.

• stock annet

• drake

• nee'n't, tenné

ennet

1. true

ennet

1. partitive singular of enne