Where does “cnau” come from?

cnau (Welsh) comes from Proto-Brythonic know, from Proto-Celtic knūs, from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

cnau (Welsh): nuts

Definitions

  1. nuts

Ancestry of “cnau”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicknownut
2Proto-Celticknūsnut
3Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
4Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “cnau”

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