Given name

Canutus

Canutus is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Latin.

Original Old NorseKnútr

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Canutus comes from Old Norse.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Latin usage, Canutus developed from Knútr.

Canutus’s family of names

In Latin usage, Canutus developed from the Old Norse form Knútr. In Latin usage, Canutus has a conventional equivalent in the German form Knut. In Latin usage, Canutus has a conventional equivalent in the English form Canute.

Walk Canutus’s family in the name graph

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The ring: across languages.

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Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Latin

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Sibling ideas

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