Where does “nøt” come from?

nøt (Faroese) comes from Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

nøt (Faroese): nut

Definitions

  1. nut

Ancestry of “nøt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehnotnut
2Proto-Germanichnutsnut
3Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “nøt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →
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