Where does “*hnutu” come from?

*hnutu (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic hnut, from Proto-Germanic hnuts, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Ancestry of “*hnutu”, step by step

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

Words derived from “*hnutu”

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