Where does “plisk know” come from?

plisk know (Cornish) comes from Cornish know, from Proto-Brythonic know, from Proto-Celtic knūs, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

plisk know (Cornish): nutshells

Definitions

  1. nutshells

Ancestry of “plisk know”, step by step

plisk know traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cornish know

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishknownuts
2Proto-Brythonicknownut
3Proto-Celticknūsnut
4Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Cornish plisk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cornishpliskshells, husks
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Celtic knūs →