*knuttô

Runic: ᚲᚾᚢᛏᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈknut.tɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

a knot

Etymology

Traditionally derived from a Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (‘to bind’), and compared with Latin nōdus (‘node’), Proto-Germanic *knudaną (‘to knead’). However, Kroonen instead derives the term from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnu-ton, a ton-formation from *ǵónu (‘knee; node’).

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	knuttô	knuttaniz
Acc.	knuttanų	knuttanunz
Gen.	knuttiniz	knuttanǫ̂
Dat.	knuttini	knuttammaz
Inst.	knuttinē	knuttammiz
Voc.	knuttô	knuttaniz

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Descendants

*knottō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *knotto (Old Dutch)
  - cnote, cnotte, cnudde (Middle Dutch)
    - knot (Dutch)
*knottō (Proto-West Germanic)
- cnotta (Old English)
  - knotte, cnot, cnotte, knot, knote, knott, notte (Middle English)
    - knot (English)
    - knot (Scots)
*knottō (Proto-West Germanic)
- knotta (Old Frisian)
  - Knöt, Knät (Saterland Frisian)
  - knotte (West Frisian)
*knottō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *knozzo, *knozza (Old High German)
  - knotze (Middle High German)
    - Knotze (German)
*knottō (Proto-West Germanic)
- knotto (Old Saxon)
  - knotte, knutte (Middle Low German)
    - Knütt, Knütte (German Low German)
knútr (Old Norse)
- knútur (Faroese)
- knútur, hnútur (Icelandic)
- knut (Norwegian Nynorsk)
knútr (Old Norse)
- knutæ (Old Danish)
  - knude (Danish)
knútr (Old Norse)
- knutæ (Old Danish)
  - knute (Norwegian Bokmål)
    - knute (Norwegian Nynorsk)
knútr (Old Norse)
- кнутъ (knutŭ) (Old East Slavic)
  - кнут (knut), кнутъ (knut) (Russian)
    - κνούτο (knoúto) (Greek)
    - Knutt (Plautdietsch)
    - knut (Polish)
    - cnut (Romanian)
    - knuta (Slovak)
knútr (Old Norse)
- кнутъ (knutŭ) (Old East Slavic)
  - кнут (knut), кнутъ (knut) (Russian)
    - knout (French)
      - knout (English)
knútr (Old Norse)
- кнутъ (knutŭ) (Old East Slavic)
  - кнут (knut), кнутъ (knut) (Russian)
    - Knute (German)
      - ? (Serbo-Croatian)
knútr (Old Norse)
- Knútr (Old Norse)
  - Knútur (Faroese)
  - Knútur (Icelandic)
  - Knut (Norwegian)
  - Cnūt (Old Dutch)
  - Knut (Swedish)
knútr (Old Norse)
- Knútr (Old Norse)
  - *Canut, Kenut (Anglo-Norman)
    - Canūtus (Medieval Latin)
      - Canuto (Italian)
      - Canuto (Portuguese)
      - Canuto (Spanish)
knútr (Old Norse)
- Knútr (Old Norse)
  - *Canut, Kenut (Anglo-Norman)
    - Canut (Middle English)
      - Canute (English)
knútr (Old Norse)
- Knútr (Old Norse)
  - Knud (Danish)
    - Kunuuti (Greenlandic)
knútr (Old Norse)
- Knútr (Old Norse)
  - Cnūt (Old English)
    - Cnut, Knut (English)
    - Knout, Knut (Middle English)
knútr (Old Norse)
- knūter (Old Swedish)
  - nuttura (Finnish)
  - knut (Swedish)

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