Where does “erþōhnuts” come from?

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

erþōhnuts (Proto-Germanic): earthnut

Definitions

  1. earthnut

Ancestry of “erþōhnuts”, step by step

erþōhnuts traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic hnuts

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

via Proto-Germanic erþō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicerþōearth
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁er-earth

Words derived from “erþōhnuts”

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