walnot
Middle English
Alternative forms
- walnutte, walnotte, walnote, walnout, walnoot, walle-notte
Etymology
From Old English wealhhnutu, from Proto-Germanic *walhahnuts; equivalent to wale (“outsider”) + note (“nut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwalnut(ə)/, /ˈwalnoːt(ə)/
Noun
walnot (plural walnotes)
- A walnut (tree from the genus Juglans)
- The nut that comes from this tree.
Descendants
- English: walnut
- Scots: wanit, wanut
References
- “wal-nǒt(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-10.