Knoten

German (Berlin)

/ˈknoːtən/

noun
Definitions
  • knot looping
  • knot swelling
  • (Austria) interchange motorway junction
  • (nautical) knot unit of speed
  • (graph theory) vertex, node
  • (obsolete) craftsman; journeyman; farmhand
  • (in compounds) a person of some specified quality or practice;

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German knote inherited from Old High German knoto (knot) derived from Middle Low German genôte (companion, mate).

Origin

Middle Low German

genôte

Gloss

companion, mate

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