Where does “Haarknoten” come from?

Haarknoten (German) comes from German Knoten, from Middle High German knote, from Old High German knoto, from Proto-Germanic knuttô, from Proto-Indo-European gnod- — to bind.

Haarknoten (German): chignon, bun, topknot

Definitions

  1. chignon, bun, topknot

Ancestry of “Haarknoten”, step by step

Haarknoten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Knoten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKnotenknot; interchange; vertex, node
2Middle High Germanknote—
3Old High Germanknotoknot
4Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
5Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind

via German haar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanhaarsingular imperative of haaren; first-person...
2Old High Germanhārhair
3Proto-West Germanic*hārhair
4Proto-Germanichērąhair
5Proto-Indo-Europeankeres-rough hair, bristle
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