Where does “Noss” come from?

Noss (Luxembourgish) comes 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.

Noss (Luxembourgish): nut

Definitions

  1. nut

Ancestry of “Noss”, step by step

Noss traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German nuz

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

via Middle High German naȥ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germannaȥ—
2Old High Germannaȥwet
3Proto-West Germanic*natwet
4Proto-Germanicnatazwet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanned-to be wet; wet; to tie together

Words derived from “Noss”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →