THE KNOUT FAMILY WEBSITE
PLEASE HELP ME UPDATE THIS, EMAIL ME INFO ON OUR RELATIVES, AND EXTENDED FAMILY, AS WELL AS ANY PHOTOS
A GATHERING OF FAMILY MEMBERS FROM NEAR AND
FAR
WHERE DID THE NAME KNOUT
COME FROM? I HAVE BEEN
SEARCHING
THE WEB AND HAVE COME UP
WITH SOME
INTERESTING, AND
SOME
DISTASTEFUL CLUES.
TO THE BEST THAT I CAN
DECIPHER
SO
FAR, THE WORD
KNOUT IS A RUSSIAN TERM FOR AN
INSTRUMENT USED
FOR
WHIPPING.
IT HAS REFERENCES AS
FAR BACK AS I COULD
FIND
IN THE 1400'S. IT WAS MADE OF
RAWHIDE WITH LONG
STRIPS WHICH
WOULD CUT
UP THE SKIN PRETTY BAD.
IT WAS REFERRED
TO
AS THE
"BLOODY KNOUT".
I ALSO FOUND
REFERENCE TO IT AS
BEING MADE
OF HEAVY
ROPE, WITH KNOTS IN EACH LONG STRAP.
AGAIN, USED
FOR PUNISHMENT.
THAT'S THE DISTASTEFUL PART.
TO IT AS THE KNUTA OR KNOUT,
AND SOMETIMES WITH
AN H AFTER IT. THE MEANING
IN GERMAN WAS THE SAME THOUGH.
A WHIP MADE TO
DISCIPLINE, OR IN
TIMES OF WAR, (AS LATE AS
THIS CENTURY) USED BY INFANTRY
SOLDIERS.
I AM CONTINUING MY
HUNT TO GRASP HOW "WE"
ENDED UP WITH THIS NAME.
MY SEARCH HAS BEGUN
BY LOOKING UP THE
NAME "KNOUT"
IN EXCITE
SEARCH. THERE ARE TOO MANY REFERENCES
FOR
ME TO INCLUDE
HERE, SO THERE IS A
LINK TO EXCITE
BELOW FOR
SEARCHING THE MANY SONNETS, BALLADS,
POEMS, HISTORICAL
PIECES OUR NAME HAS BEEN
INCLUDED
IN.
02-11-04 I have found some new information on some of our ancestry. It is quite interesting. It seems that one of our ancestors may have been a Czar, and maybe not such a nice one.
And. due to his reign may have helped to give reason for the "Yiddish language" to have been created as a way of the
Jews communicating to each other, a private language all their own.
Since I lived in Florida for a lot of my younger years (high school and beyond), I had many
Jewish friends, some Orthodox, and I have heard "some" about this language of the Jews. I am looking for more information on Czar Knout, and his reign but at this time, this link is all I have been able to come up with... so far.
Yiddish Collection
Please read down pretty far into the article to find the information. At first it can be confusing, but if you read it several times you can connect the dots, and get the connection.
However, it can also be taken when the mention the Czarist Knout that they are referring to their treatment by the Russian Czar society and its treatment, one form being the use of the "knout" as an instrument of torture.
So it is confusing as to whether they are referring to the Czar Knout, or the torture.
If you are a Knout, or have any information about any additional family members, please e-mail me. The list is getting larger. But I need more family pictures.
Linda (Knout) blackwell
GRANDFATHER JOHN KNOUT
Family Photo's
