Where does “knotted” come from?

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

knotted (English): Full of knots; knotty; Tied in knots; Tangled,...

Definitions

  1. Full of knots; knotty; Tied in knots; Tangled,...

Ancestry of “knotted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishknottedknotted, knotty, tangled; tied, linked; lumpy,...
2Middle Englishknottenplural of knotte
3Middle Englishknotteknot, tie; binding, method of attachment, link;...
4Old Englishcnottaknot
5Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
6Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind

Words derived from “knotted”

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