Where does “knook” come from?

knook (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch cnoke, from Old Dutch knuko, from Proto-West Germanic *knokō — joint.

knook (Dutch): bone

Definitions

  1. bone

Ancestry of “knook”, step by step

knook traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch cnoke

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

via Old Frisian *knoko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisian*knoko—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *knokō →Every word from Old Dutch knuko →Every word from Middle Dutch cnoke →