Etymology Explorer › Old Danish

Where does “knar” come from?

knar (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse knǫrr, from Proto-Germanic knarruz — knot.

Ancestry of “knar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseknǫrrknorr, knarr: a large merchant ship used in...
2Proto-Germanicknarruzknot

Words derived from “knar”

  • knar
  • knor
Every word from Proto-Germanic knarruz →