Where does “Pekannuss” come from?

Pekannuss (German) comes from German Nuss, from Old High German nuz, from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Pekannuss (German): pecan

Definitions

  1. pecan

Ancestry of “Pekannuss”, step by step

Pekannuss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Nuss

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanNussnut
2Old High Germannuznut; use
3Proto-West Germanichnutnut
4Proto-Germanichnutsnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

via German Pekan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPekan—
2EnglishpecanA deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the...
3Frenchpacanepecan

Words derived from “Pekannuss”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →