Where does “hnot” come from?

hnot (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

hnot (Old Norse): nut

Definitions

  1. nut

Ancestry of “hnot”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hnot”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →