Where does “Nutte” come from?

Nutte (German) comes from Middle Low German nōte, from Old Saxon *hnutu, from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Nutte (German): whore; prostitute

Definitions

  1. whore; prostitute

Ancestry of “Nutte”, step by step

Nutte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German nōte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannōtenut
2Old Saxon*hnutu
3Proto-West Germanichnutnut
4Proto-Germanichnutsnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via Middle Low German not

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannot

Words derived from “Nutte

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken-