Where does “knútr” come from?

knútr (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic knuttô, from Proto-Indo-European gnod- — to bind.

knútr (Old Norse): knot; hump, protuberance

Definitions

  1. knot; hump, protuberance

Ancestry of “knútr”, step by step

knútr traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic knuttô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
2Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind

via Proto-Germanic knudô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicknudôknot
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gnod- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knuttô →