Where does “cnó” come from?

cnó (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic knūs, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

cnó (Old Irish): nut

Definitions

  1. nut

Ancestry of “cnó”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticknūsnut
2Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
3Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “cnó”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Celtic knūs →
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