Where does “Nutzen” come from?

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

Nutzen (Plautdietsch): benefit, use

Definitions

  1. benefit, use

Ancestry of “Nutzen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germannōtenut
2Old Saxon*hnutu—
3Proto-West Germanichnutnut
4Proto-Germanichnutsnut
5Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European knew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnuts →