Where does “jarðhnot” come from?

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

jarðhnot (Old Norse): earth nut

Definitions

  1. earth nut

Ancestry of “jarðhnot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicerþōhnutsearthnut
2Proto-Germanichnutsnut
3Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “jarðhnot”

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