English

endknot

From end + knot.

A compound of end + knot

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face, forehead, front’

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Proto-Germanic *andijaz ‘end’

Proto-West Germanic *andī ‘end’

Old English ende ‘end’

Middle English ende ‘end’

English end

Proto-Germanic *knuttô ‘a knot’

Proto-West Germanic *knottō

Old English cnotta

Middle English knotte ‘knot, tie’

English knot

Today it means

noun A knot, at the end of a rope, used to stop it fraying, as a handhold, or as decoration.

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