"connect" + "knit" + "knot" + "node"

words that have to do with a "binding together"
2025-11-02 11:42 // updated 2026-03-09 10:00

connect

  • Latin connectere ([con] "together" + [nectere] "bind")
    • Latin nōdus ("knot")?
      • further roots unknown, likely PIE *gnod- ("to bind")?
      • or, from PIE *ned- ("to turn"), the root for English net

knit

  • Old English cnyttan ("to fasten", "to knit", "to tie", "to bind")
    • Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan ("to make knots")
      • Proto-Germanic *knuttijaną ("to make knots")
      • Proto-Germanic *knuttô ("knot") + *-janą (verb suffix)
        • likely PIE *gnod- ("to bind")?

knot

  • Old English cnotta ("knot")
    • Proto-West Germanic *knottō ("knot")
      • Proto-Germanic *knuttô ("knot")
        • likely PIE *gnod- ("to bind")?

node

  • Latin nōdus ("knot")
    • likely PIE *gnod- ("to bind")?
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