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

hnut 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-Slavic gъnǫti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-SlavicgъnǫtiAlternative form of *gъbnǫti

Words derived from “hnut”

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