nut English · revision 13282

− It is Middle English nute, note, [[inh|ang|hnutu|t=nut]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) from Proto-Germanic *hnut-,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) source also of Dutch noot, German [[m|de|Nuss]] and Old Norse hnot,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) from PIE *kneu-, nut,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) source also of Old Irish cnū, Welsh cneuen and Latin [[m|la|nux|t=nut]] (see [[nucleus]]).^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986)^(Cresswell 2021) Barnhart notes that the word is found only in the westernmost Indo-European languages, Celtic, Germanic and Italic.^(Barnhart 1988)