knoto

See also: knöto

Old High German

Alternative forms

• knodo, chnodo

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knuppô (“lump, clod”), related to *knappô (“knob”), *knappa-, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”). See also Old English cnotta, Dutch knot.

Noun

knoto m

1. knot

Descendants

• Middle High German: knote, knode
  • Alemannic German: Chnode
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: khnòtto, khnott

    Mòcheno: knott

  • German: Knoten