Proto-Germanic

*knuttô

‘knot’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *knuttô.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, most familiar first.

• knot ← knotte ← cnotta ← *knottō
• knit ← knytten ← cnyttan ← *knuttijan ← *knuttijaną
• knitting ← knyttynge ← knytten ← cnyttan ← *knuttijan
• knotty ← knotti ← knotte ← cnotta ← *knottō
• knitter ← knytter ← knytten ← cnyttan ← *knuttijan
• knout ← кнут ← кнутъ ← knútr
• beknit ← *beknitten ← becnyttan ← cnyttan ← *knuttijan
• unknit ← unknitten ← uncnyttan ← cnyttan ← *knuttijan

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *knuttô