- niata
- courageous, Irish nia, gen. niadh, a champion, niadhas, valour, Middle Irish forniatta, brave, Early Irish nia, g. níath, possibly Ogam neta, netta (*nêta?): *neid-, Greek $$Go$$'neidos, revile, Lithuanian náids, hatred, Sanskrit nind, mock, or *ni-sed-, down-setter? Rhys (Lect.) cfs. the Teutonic nanþ;, venture, strive; this would give Gaelic preserved d.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.