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Where does “cnotta” come from?

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

cnotta (Old English): knot

Definitions

  1. knot

Ancestry of “cnotta”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cnotta”

  • knot
  • knotted
  • knotty
  • natty
  • topknot
  • knothole
  • knotweed
  • nattily
  • unknot
  • pseudoknot
  • knotless
  • knotwork
  • bowknot
  • knotter
  • knotgrass
  • nattiness
  • topknotted
  • knotlike
  • pseudoknotted
  • knothead
  • knottin
  • breastknot
  • knottedness
  • knottily
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