nodus

Meaning

1. (declension-2) a knot (in rope)
2. (declension-2) a knot (in wood)
3. (declension-2) a knob
4. (declension-2) a bond
5. (declension-2) an obligation
6. (declension-2) a sticking point
7. (declension-2, in-plural) a knotted fishing net

Concepts

knot

🪢

loop

➿

node

Synonyms

laqueus

Translations

nœud

🪢

nudo

🪢

nó

🪢

Schlinge

➿

Nodus

θηλιά

κόμπος

cappio

nodo

🪢

accappiatura

گرێ

knoop

strik

strop

noset

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈnoː.dʊs]

Etymology

Uncertain. Per De Vaan, potentially a loanword; it is possibly related to nassa (“fish-trap made of wickerwork”) and necto (“I bind”).
One theory derives it from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”) and makes it cognate to Proto-Germanic *knuttô (“knot”) (whence Modern English knot).
Another theory derives it from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”), whence English net and possibly nettle, Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬐𐬀- (naska-, “bundle”), Old Irish nascim (“to bind”).