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Where does “knūs” come from?

knūs (Proto-Celtic) comes from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

knūs (Proto-Celtic): nut

Definitions

  1. nut

Ancestry of “knūs”, step by step

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

Words derived from “knūs”

  • gallchnó
  • cnó
  • gall-chnò
  • cnò
  • cnau
  • cnú
  • cnó
  • cro
  • cro-ghone
  • know
  • knowen
  • kraoñ
  • know
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →