Where does “Knaack” come from?
Knaack (English) comes from Dutch knaak, from Middle Low German knoke, from Old Dutch knuko, from Proto-West Germanic *knokō.
Ancestry of “Knaack”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Dutch | knaak | A 2½ guilders coin; A large, valuable coin |
| 2 | Middle Low German | knoke | — |
| 3 | Old Dutch | knuko | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *knokō | — |