| <span class="etymwb-headword"><span class="etymwb-orth">[[knoten]]</span> <span class="etymwb-gramgrp"><abbr title="" data-toggle="tooltip" data-original-title="Maskulinum">|</abbr> </span></span>meist in Mrz., in der Seemannssprache Maßeinheit für die Schiffsgeschwindigkeit (Seemeilen pro Stunde), entlehnt (Anfang 18. Jh.) aus gleichbed. <abbr title="" data-toggle="tooltip" data-original-title="englisch">engl.</abbr> ''<span class="etymwb-mentioned">knot</span>'', Plur. ''<span class="etymwb-mentioned">knots</span>'', eigentlich die ''Knoten'' in der Logleine zum Messen der Fahrgeschwindigkeit.<p>From <span class="etyl">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_High_German Middle High German]</span> <em class="Latn mention" lang="gmh">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knote#Middle_High_German knote]</em>, <em class="Latn mention" lang="gmh">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knode#Middle_High_German knode]</em>, from <span class="etyl">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_High_German Old High German]</span> <em class="Latn mention" lang="goh">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knoto#Old_High_German knoto]</em>, <em class="Latn mention" lang="goh">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knodo#Old_High_German knodo]</em>. The two forms are probably variants based on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatischer_Wechsel Grammatischer Wechsel]. The form with ''-t-'' (from Proto-Germanic ''*-d-'') was predominant in [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/East_Central_German East Central German], that with ''-d-'' (from Proto-Germanic ''*-þ-'') in [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Upper_German Upper German]. Incidentally, this situation explains the lengthened vowel in the standardized form (lengthening being blocked before ''-t-'' in Upper German, but not in Central German). Neither German form can be derived directly from <span class="etyl">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Germanic_language Proto-Germanic]</span> <em class="Latnx mention" lang="gem-pro">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knutt%C3%B4 *knuttô]</em>, whence <span class="etyl">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_High_German Middle High German]</span> <em class="Latn mention" lang="gmh">[https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=knotze&action=edit&redlink=1 knotze]</em> and <span class="etyl">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language English]</span> <em class="Latn mention" lang="en">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/knot#English knot]</em>, though a relation is very likely.</p><p>The senses “journeyman”, “person (of some quality)” are probably due, at least in part, to conflation with <span class="etyl">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Low_German Middle Low German]</span> <em class="Latn mention" lang="gml">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genote#Middle_Low_German genôte]</em><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">(</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">“</span><span class="mention-gloss">mate, companion</span><span class="mention-gloss-double-quote">”</span><span class="mention-gloss-paren annotation-paren">)</span>, cognate of <span class="etyl">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language German]</span> <em class="Latn mention" lang="de">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Genosse#German Genosse]</em>. Alongside, there is a common tendency of referring to people, especially children, with words for thick, plump, or inflated objects (compare e.g. <em class="Latn mention" lang="de">[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Balg#German Balg]</em>).</p> | | <span class="etymwb-headword"><span class="etymwb-orth">[[knote]] + [[-n]] |</span></span> meist in Mrz., in der Seemannssprache Maßeinheit für die Schiffsgeschwindigkeit (Seemeilen pro Stunde), entlehnt (Anfang 18. Jh.) aus gleichbed. <abbr title="" data-toggle="tooltip" data-original-title="englisch">engl.</abbr> ''<span class="etymwb-mentioned">knot</span>'', Plur. ''<span class="etymwb-mentioned">knots</span>'', eigentlich die ''Knoten'' in der Logleine zum Messen der Fahrgeschwindigkeit. |