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knot is a derivative from the birds latin name "canutus" (full name calidris canutus islandica).......so it seems plausible that canutus was shortened to cnut (as in king cnut), quite incorrectly because canutus means grey (as in grey winter plumage of the Knot)
Oddly and equally plausible is the fact that british knots originate via Denmark where king cnut is known to have come from...so somewhere in history the canutus (grey) became distorted with the danish king "cnut" which then translated to English usage of Knot
like many common birds the origins of our present day names are almost lost in history via distortions of language and slang or shortening (speech apethy)
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