Germanic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Germanic: *knu[ɵ]an- vb., *knu[ɵ]ōn- vb., *knutian- vb., *knūtōn, *knūta-z, *knutēn, *knutta-z, *knuttēn; *knuɵēn etc.

Meaning: knit

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Norse: knoδa wk. `kneten'; knūta f. `Knochenkopf; Knöchel zum Spielen'; knūt-r m. `Knoten'

Norwegian: knut

Old Swedish: knodha st.

Swedish: knɔda vb.; knuta sbs.; knut; dial. knott `kleines Tier'

Danish: knude sbs.

Old English: cnyttan `stricken, knüpfen'; cnotta `Knoten'

English: knit, knot

Old Frisian: knutte `Knorren'

Middle Dutch: cnoet `Knüttel, Klumpen', cnote `Knorren'; cnodde `Knopf, Knoten'; cnutten 'knoten, festmachen'

Dutch: { knot `Knäuel', knuttel Ballen gedrehtes Tau'; knoedel `Mehlklumpen }

Middle Low German: knütten `stricken, knüpfen'

Old High German: knoto 'geflochtener Riemen' (8.Jh.); knodo `id.' (9.Jh.), 'Fingerknöchel' (11.Jh.)

Middle High German: knote, knode wk. m. 'knoten, schlinge'; knützen wk. `quetschen, knuffen'; knotze wk. f. 'knorre'

German: Knoten m.; bair. knauzen `zusammendrücken'; Knüttel, Knödel

Proto-IE: *gneut-, -d-

Meaning: to press, to crush

Russ. meaning: давить

References: WP I 580 f

Proto-Baltic: *gniut- (*gniut-a-) vb. tr., *gniut-ā̂ f.

Meaning: squeeze, pinch, etc.

Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology

Lithuanian: gniùsti (gniùta) `drücken', gniùta-s 'Ballen, Klumpen'

Lettish: gn̨uta 'dünne Stange zur Befestigung des Strohs'