Where does “knuto” come from?
knuto (Esperanto) comes from Russian кнут, from Old East Slavic кнутъ, from Old Norse Knútr, from Proto-Germanic knuttô, from Proto-Indo-European gnod- — to bind.
Ancestry of “knuto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | кнут | whip, knout, scourge |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | кнутъ | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | Knútr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | knuttô | a knot |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gnod- | to bind |
Words derived from “knuto”