Knoten

Etymology
From, , from ,. The two forms are probably variants based on Grammatischer Wechsel. The form with -t- (from Proto-Germanic *-d-) was predominant in East Central German, that with -d- (from Proto-Germanic *-þ-) in 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 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, though a relation is very likely.

The senses “journeyman”, “person (of some quality)” are probably due, at least in part, to conflation with, cognate of 🇨🇬. Alongside, there is a common tendency of referring to people, especially children, with words for thick, plump, or inflated objects (compare e.g. ).

Noun

 * 1) knot looping
 * 2) knot swelling
 * 3)  interchange motorway junction
 * 4)  knot unit of speed
 * 5)  vertex, node
 * 6)  craftsman; journeyman; farmhand
 * 7)  a person of some specified quality or practice;