Where does “Knut” come from?

Knut (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish knūter, from Old Norse Knútr, from Proto-Germanic knuttô, from Proto-Indo-European gnod- — to bind.

Knut (Swedish): a knot (loop, of for example a piece of string)

Definitions

  1. a knot (loop, of for example a piece of string)

Ancestry of “Knut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishknūter—
2Old NorseKnútrknot
3Proto-Germanicknuttôa knot
4Proto-Indo-Europeangnod-to bind

Words derived from “Knut”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gnod- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knuttô →Every word from Old Norse Knútr →