Russian

Noun

кнут • ‎(knut) m inan ‎(genitive кнута́, nominative plural кнуты́, genitive plural кнуто́в)

1. whip, knout, scourge

Declension

Descendants

• French: knout
  • English: knout
• German: Knute
  • Serbo-Croatian: кнут
• Greek: κνούτο ‎(knoúto)
• Plautdietsch: Knutt

References

• Fasmer, Maks (1964–1973), “кнут”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from German Knute, from Russian кнут ‎(knut), from Old East Slavic кнутъ ‎(knutŭ), from Old Norse knútr ‎(“knot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knût/

Noun

кну̏т m ‎(Latin spelling knȕt)

1. knout