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Where does “hnut” come from?

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

hnut (Proto-West Germanic): nut

Definitions

  1. nut

Ancestry of “hnut”, step by step

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

Words derived from “hnut”

  • pfeffernusse
  • pfeffernuss
  • Brechnuss
  • Waschnuss
  • nussförmig
  • Nuss
  • Kokosnuss
  • Paradiesnuss
  • nussig
  • Pekannuss
  • Cashewnuss
  • Pfeffernüsse
  • Pfeffernuss
  • Paranuss
  • Erdnuss
  • noot
  • zeepnoot
  • olienoot
  • kokosnoot
  • pepernoot
  • kruidnoot
  • hazelnoot
  • neut
  • aardnoot
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