Where does “Knackwurst” come from?

Knackwurst (German) comes from English knack, from English Knaack, from Dutch knaak, from Middle Low German knoke, from Old Dutch knuko, from Proto-West Germanic *knokō — joint.

Knackwurst (German): knackwurst, knockwurst

Definitions

  1. knackwurst, knockwurst

Ancestry of “Knackwurst”, step by step

Knackwurst traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English knack

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishknackA readiness in performance; aptness at doing...
2EnglishKnaack—
3DutchknaakA 2½ guilders coin; A large, valuable coin
4Middle Low Germanknoke—
5Old Dutchknuko—
6Proto-West Germanic*knokōjoint

via German wurst

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanwurstanyway, anyhow
2Middle High Germanwurst—
3Old High Germanwurst—
4Proto-West Germanicwurstisausage
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

Words derived from “Knackwurst”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *knokō →Every word from Old Dutch knuko →Every word from Middle Low German knoke →