Where does “knot” come from?

Knot comes from Middle English knotte, from Old English cnotta, from Proto-Germanic knuttô, from Proto-Indo-European gnod-.

knot (English): A looping of a piece of string or of any other...

Definitions

  1. A looping of a piece of string or of any other...

Ancestry of “knot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishknotteknot, tie; binding, method of attachment, link;...
2Old Englishcnottaknot
3Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
4Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind

Words derived from “knot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gnod- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knuttô →Every word from Old English cnotta →