Where does “knøttur” come from?

knøttur (Faroese) comes from Old Norse knǫttr, from Proto-Germanic knattuz.

knøttur (Faroese): sphere, ball, orb; button

Definitions

  1. sphere, ball, orb; button

Ancestry of “knøttur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseknǫttrsphere, ball, orb
2Proto-Germanicknattuz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic knattuz →Every word from Old Norse knǫttr →