Where does “knödel” come from?

knödel (Middle High German) comes from Old High German knoto, from Proto-Germanic knuttô, from Proto-Indo-European gnod- — to bind.

Ancestry of “knödel”, step by step

knödel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German knoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanknotoknot
2Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
3Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind

via Old High German knodila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanknodila—
2Old High Germanknodoknot
3Proto-West Germanicknappōboy

Words derived from “knödel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gnod- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knuttô →Every word from Old High German knoto →