Where does “Nervenknoten” come from?

Nervenknoten (German) comes from German nerv, from French nerf, from Middle French nerf, from Old French nerf, from Latin nervus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-.

Nervenknoten (German): ganglion (collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain)

Definitions

  1. ganglion (collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain)

Ancestry of “Nervenknoten”, step by step

Nervenknoten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German nerv

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germannervnerve
2Frenchnerfnerve; force, power, strength
3Middle Frenchnerfnerve
4Old Frenchnerfnerve
5LatinnervusA sinew, tendon, nerve, muscle; A cord, string or...
6Proto-Indo-European(s)new-

via German Knoten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKnotenknot; interchange; vertex, node
2Middle High Germanknote
3Old High Germanknotoknot
4Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
5Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)new-