Where does “knut” come from?
knut (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Knute, from Russian кнут, from Old East Slavic кнутъ, from Old Norse Knútr, from Proto-Germanic knuttô, from Proto-Indo-European gnod- — to bind.
knut (Serbo-Croatian): knout
Ancestry of “knut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | German | Knute | knout |
| 2 | Russian | кнут | whip, knout, scourge |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | кнутъ | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | Knútr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | knuttô | a knot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gnod- | to bind |