кнут
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Russian
Alternative forms
- кнутъ (knut) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot”). The original meaning was “knotty whip”.
Pronunciation
Noun
кнут • (knut) m inan (genitive кнута́, nominative plural кнуты́, genitive plural кнуто́в, relational adjective кнуто́вый, diminutive кну́тик, augmentative кнути́ще, pejorative кнути́шка)
- whip, knout, scourge
- кнут и пря́ник ― knut i prjánik ― carrot and stick (literally, “whip and gingerbread”)
Declension
Descendants
- → French: knout
- → English: knout
- → German: Knute
- → Greek: κνούτο (knoúto)
- → Plautdietsch: Knutt
- → Polish: knut
- → Romanian: cnut
- → Slovak: knuta
References
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кнут”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Knute, from Russian кнут (knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ (knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr (“knot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
кну̏т m (Latin spelling knȕt)