Where does “Knoten” come from?

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

Knoten (German): knot; interchange; vertex, node

Definitions

  1. knot; interchange; vertex, node

Ancestry of “Knoten”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanknote—
2Old High Germanknotoknot
3Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
4Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind

Words derived from “Knoten”

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