Where does “gnótt” come from?
gnótt (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse gnótt, from Proto-Germanic ganuhtiz, from Proto-Germanic -þiz, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
gnótt (Icelandic): abundance
Ancestry of “gnótt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | gnótt | abundance |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | ganuhtiz | abundance |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -þiz | Forms abstract nouns from verb roots, usually... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |