Where does “cnota” come from?

cnota (Irish) comes from English knot, from Middle English knotte, from Old English cnotta, from Proto-Germanic knuttô, from Proto-Indo-European gnod- — to bind.

cnota (Irish): knot, cockade; crest; knot

Definitions

  1. knot, cockade; crest; knot

Ancestry of “cnota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishknotA looping of a piece of string or of any other...
2Middle Englishknotteknot, tie; binding, method of attachment, link;...
3Old Englishcnottaknot
4Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
5Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind

Words derived from “cnota”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gnod- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knuttô →Every word from Old English cnotta →