Where does “knali” come from?

knali (Esperanto) comes from German knallen, from German knall, from Middle High German knellen.

knali (Esperanto): to bang, crack, explode, snap to make a sound like a whip, gun, etc

Definitions

  1. to bang, crack, explode, snap to make a sound like a whip, gun, etc

Ancestry of “knali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknallento bang, to pop; to fuck
2Germanknallsingular imperative of knallen; first-person...
3Middle High Germanknellen—
Every word from Middle High German knellen →Every word from German knall →Every word from German knallen →
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