knútr

See also: Knútr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knuttô, *knudô (compare *knuttan-, whence Old English cnotta, Old High German knoto).

Noun

knútr m (genitive knúts, plural knútar)

knot
hump, protuberance

Declension

Declension of knútr (strong a-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	knútr	knútrinn	knútar	knútarnir
accusative	knút	knútinn	knúta	knútana
dative	knúti	knútinum	knútum	knútunum
genitive	knúts	knútsins	knúta	knútanna

Descendants

Icelandic: hnútur
Faroese: knútur
Norwegian: knute
Swedish: knut
Danish: knude
⇒ Old Norse: Knútr
- Icelandic: Knútur
- Faroese: Knútur
- Norwegian: Knut
- Swedish: Knut
- Danish: Knud
- → English: Canute
→ Old East Slavic: кнутъ (knutŭ)
- Russian: кнут (knut)
  - → French: knout
    - → English: knout
  - → German: Knute
    - → Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic: кну̏т
      Latin: knȕt
  - → Greek: κνούτο (knoúto)
  - → Plautdietsch: Knutt

References

Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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