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Where does “cnú” come from?

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

cnú (Old Irish): nut

Definitions

  1. nut

Ancestry of “cnú”, 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 “cnú”

  • cnó
  • gallchnó
  • gall-chnò
  • cnò
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →