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Where does “cnudde” come from?

cnudde (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch knotto, from Proto-Germanic knuttô, from Proto-Indo-European gnod- — to bind.

Ancestry of “cnudde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchknotto—
2Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
3Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind

Words derived from “cnudde”

  • knot
  • knoedel
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