Where does “Knicks” come from?

Knicks (German) comes from German knicken, from Middle Low German knicken, from Proto-Germanic knikkoną — to fold, snap.

Knicks (German): curtsey; plural of Knick; genitive singular of...

Definitions

  1. curtsey; plural of Knick; genitive singular of...

Ancestry of “Knicks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknickento crease; to fold; to bend; to be creased; to be...
2Middle Low Germanknickento bend; to snap
3Proto-Germanicknikkonąto fold, snap

Words derived from “Knicks”

Every word from Proto-Germanic knikkoną →