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Where does “nōte” come from?

nōte (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch nutu, from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Ancestry of “nōte”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nōte”

  • neut
  • zeepnoot
  • pepernoot
  • kruidnoot
  • noot
  • olienoot
  • aardnoot
  • hazelnoot
  • kokosnoot
  • apennoot
  • neut
  • kokosneut
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →