An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Nute

by Friedrich Kluge

Nute, feminine, from the equivalent Middle High German nuot, feminine, ‘joint, groove’; allied to Old High German hnuo, nuoa, ‘groove,’ as well as Old High German nuoil, Middle High German nuowel, nüejel, ‘groove, plane,’ nuotîsen, ‘iron of a groove plane.’ Middle High German nüejen, verb (Old High German nuoen, from *hnôjan, ‘to smooth, fit exactly,’ also belongs to a Teutonic root hnô.