Where does “noueux” come from?

noueux (Norman) comes from Old French noous, from Latin nōdōsus, from Latin nōdus, from Proto-Indo-European gned-.

noueux (Norman): knotty

Definitions

  1. knotty

Ancestry of “noueux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchnoous—
2Latinnōdōsusknotty, knobby
3Latinnōdusa knot (in rope)
4Proto-Indo-Europeangned-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gned- →Every word from Latin nōdus →Every word from Latin nōdōsus →