Where does “knuks” come from?

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

knuks (Proto-Italic): nut

Definitions

  1. nut

Ancestry of “knuks”, step by step

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

Words derived from “knuks”

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