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Where does “hneta” come from?

hneta (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse hnot, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

hneta (Icelandic): nut

Definitions

  1. nut

Ancestry of “hneta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehnotnut
2Proto-Germanichnutsnut
3Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “hneta”

  • hnetusmjör
  • hnetubrjótur
  • jarðhneta
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