Where does “cnyttan” come from?
cnyttan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic knuttijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
cnyttan (Old English): to tie; bind; to knot; to knit
Definitions
- to tie; bind; to knot; to knit
Ancestry of “cnyttan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | *knuttijan | to bind into a knot, tie with a knot |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | knuttijaną | to bind into a knot; to tie with a knot |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 6 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |