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Where does “knotto” come from?

knotto (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic knuttô, from Proto-Indo-European gnod- — to bind.

Ancestry of “knotto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
2Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind

Words derived from “knotto”

  • knot
  • knoedel
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