Where does “knaak” come from?
knaak (Dutch) comes from Middle Low German knoke, from Old Dutch knuko, from Proto-West Germanic *knokō.
knaak (Dutch): A 2½ guilders coin; A large, valuable coin
Definitions
- A 2½ guilders coin; A large, valuable coin
Ancestry of “knaak”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | knoke | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | knuko | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *knokō | — |