Where does “knook” come from?
knook (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch cnoke, from Old Dutch knuko, from Proto-West Germanic *knokō.
knook (Dutch): bone
Ancestry of “knook”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | cnoke | — |
| 2 | Old Dutch | knuko | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *knokō | — |