Knútr

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Old Norse[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Old Norse knútr (“knot”), originally a byname.

Proper noun[edit]

Knútr m

a male given name

Derived terms[edit]

knýtlingar

Descendants[edit]

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

References[edit]

Knut; in: Eivind Vågslid, Norderlendske fyrenamn, 1988, →ISBN

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