Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knuttô

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gnod- (“to bind”). Cognate with Latin nōdus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈknut.tɔːː/

Noun

*knuttô m

a knot

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *knuttô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*knuttô	*knuttaniz
vocative	*knuttô	*knuttaniz
accusative	*knuttanų	*knuttanunz
genitive	*knuttiniz	*knuttanǫ̂
dative	*knuttini	*knuttammaz
instrumental	*knuttinē	*knuttammiz

Derived terms

*knuttijaną

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *knottō
- Old English: cnotta
  - Middle English: knotte, cnot, cnotte, knot, knote, knott, notte
    - English: knot
    - Scots: knot
- Old Frisian: knotta
  - Saterland Frisian: Knöt, Knät
  - West Frisian: knotte
- Old Saxon: knotto
  - Middle Low German: knotte, knutte
    - German Low German: Knütt, Knütte
- Old Dutch: *knotto
  - Middle Dutch: cnote, cnotte, cnudde
    - Dutch: knot
- Old High German: *knozzo; *knozza f
  - Middle High German: knotze f
    - German: Knotze f (“gnarl, knot”) (obsolete)
Old Norse: knútr
- Icelandic: knútur, hnútur
- Faroese: knútur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: knut
- Old Swedish: knūter
  - Swedish: knut
  - → Finnish: nuttura
- Danish: knude
  - Norwegian Bokmål: knute
    - →? Norwegian Nynorsk: knute
- ⇒ Old Norse: Knútr
  - Icelandic: Knútur
  - Faroese: Knútur
  - Norwegian: Knut
  - Swedish: Knut
  - Danish: Knud
    - → Greenlandic: Kunuuti
  - → Anglo-Norman: *Canut, Kenut
    - → Middle English: Canut
      - English: Canute
    - → Medieval Latin: Canūtus
      - → Italian: Canuto
      - → Portuguese: Canuto
      - → Spanish: Canuto
- → Old East Slavic: кнутъ (knutŭ)
  - Russian: кнут (knut), кнутъ (knut) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
    - → French: knout
      - → English: knout
    - → German: Knute
      - → Serbo-Croatian:
        Cyrillic script: кну̏т
        Latin script: knȕt
    - → Greek: κνούτο (knoúto)
    - → Plautdietsch: Knutt
    - → Polish: knut
    - → Romanian: cnut
    - → Slovak: knuta