Where does “knuckled” come from?
Knuckled comes from Middle English -ed, Old English -od, Proto-Germanic -ilaz, and Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos, ultimately deriving from the Proto-Indo-European root gen-.
knuckled (English): Having a certain type of knuckles; simple past...
Definitions
- Having a certain type of knuckles; simple past...
Ancestry of “knuckled”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | knuckle | Any of the joints between the phalanges of the... |
| 2 | Middle English | knokel | finger joint |
| 3 | Old English | cnucel | the juncture of two bones; knuckle; joint |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | knukil | knuckle, joint, small bone |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | knukilaz | knuckle, small bone; knot, bump |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | knukô | joint, bone |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gnew- | a bundle; knot; knot, bundle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gen- | to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to... |