walnut – English noun declension

English noun forms of walnut

Noun: walnut
Singularwalnut
Pluralwalnuts

Sample Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English walnote, walnutte, walnotte, from Old English wealhhnutu (“walnut”, literally “foreign nut”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreigner”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, German Walnuss, Swedish valnöt, Icelandic valhneta. Compare more recent term Welsh onion, which also uses Welsh to mean “foreign”. See: Middle English Nouns 'walnote', Old English Nouns 'wealhhnutu', Dutch Nouns 'walnoot', German Nouns 'Walnuss', Swedish Nouns 'valnöt', Icelandic Nouns 'valhneta'.

Verbs referencing "walnut"

German Nouns Walnuss, Dutch Nouns walnoot, Swedish Nouns valnöt.