The story
- Old Norse · derived fromknútr“a knot”
- Old Norse · derived fromvalr“the slain”
- English todayvalknut
Derived from Old Norse valr (“the slain”) and Old Norse knútr (“a knot”), meaning "knot of the slain". The term was coined in later history, as it is not known what name was used by the historical Norse.
Words from the same roots
Old Norsevalr all →
Walberg
Old Norseknútr all →
KnottCanuteCnutknout
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.