Etymology

Cnut

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Today it means: A male given name from Old Norse, a historical spelling of Canute (Scandinavian Knut) in historical context. Full definition →

Middle English Knout ← Old English Cnut ← Old Norse Knútr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromKnútr
  2. Old English · inherited fromCnut
  3. Middle English · derived fromKnout
  4. English todayCnut

From Middle English Knout, from Old English Cnut, from Old Norse Knútr.

Words from the same roots

Old NorseKnútr all →

KnottCanuteknoutvalknut

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.