Where does “knaak” come from?

knaak (Dutch) comes from Middle Low German knoke, from Old Dutch knuko, from Proto-West Germanic *knokō — joint.

knaak (Dutch): A 2½ guilders coin; A large, valuable coin

Definitions

  1. A 2½ guilders coin; A large, valuable coin

Ancestry of “knaak”, step by step

knaak traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Low German knoke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanknoke—
2Old Dutchknuko—
3Proto-West Germanic*knokōjoint

via Old Frisian *knoko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisian*knoko—

Words derived from “knaak”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *knokō →