English
knotwork
From knot + -work.
A compound of knot + -work
Proto-Germanic *knuttô ‘a knot’
Proto-West Germanic *knottō
Old English cnotta
Middle English knotte ‘knot, tie’
English knot
Today it means
noun A design or pattern of interlocking or overlapping geometric shapes resembling a knot
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / knotwork