Where does “knuckle children” come from?

knuckle children (English) comes from English knuckle, from Middle English knokel, from Old English cnucel, from Proto-West Germanic knukil, from Proto-Germanic knukilaz, from Proto-Germanic knukô, from Proto-Indo-European gnew-, from Proto-Indo-European gen- — to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...

knuckle children (English): Semen or ejaculate resulting from masturbation

Definitions

  1. Semen or ejaculate resulting from masturbation

Ancestry of “knuckle children”, step by step

knuckle children traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English knuckle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishknuckleAny of the joints between the phalanges of the...
2Middle Englishknokelfinger joint
3Old Englishcnucelthe juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint
4Proto-West Germanicknukilknuckle, joint, small bone
5Proto-Germanicknukilazknuckle, small bone; knot, bump
6Proto-Germanicknukôjoint, bone
7Proto-Indo-Europeangnew-a bundle; knot; knot, bundle
8Proto-Indo-Europeangen-to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...

via English Children

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishChildren
2Middle Englishchildrenplural of child
3Middle Englishchildreplural of child
4Old Englishċildru
5Old Englishċildchild, youth; fetus; female baby; child
6Proto-Germanickelþazfetus; newborn; infant; child
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵelt-womb
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gen-