Where does “knøttliten” come from?
knøttliten (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål liten, from Danish liden, from Old Norse lítill, from Proto-Germanic *lītilaz.
knøttliten (Norwegian Bokmål): tiny, very small
Ancestry of “knøttliten”, step by step
knøttliten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Norwegian Bokmål liten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | liten | small, little not large |
| 2 | Danish | liden | little, small |
| 3 | Old Norse | lítill | little, small, short |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *lītilaz | — |
via Norwegian Bokmål knøtt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | knøtt | a blackfly (any member of the Simuliidae) |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | gnattaz | A bite or scratch; A biting insect; mosquito |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰneHdʰn- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰen- | to gnaw; bite; scratch; grind; to gnaw; bite;... |