Where does “Knickstab” come from?

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

Knickstab (German): buckling bar

Definitions

  1. buckling bar

Ancestry of “Knickstab”, step by step

Knickstab traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Knick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKnickcrease; A wall of shrubberies, dividing a rural...
2Germanknickento crease; to fold; to bend; to be creased; to be...
3Middle Low Germanknickento bend; to snap
4Proto-Germanicknikkonąto fold, snap

via German stab

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanstabrod, staff, baton
2Middle High Germanstap
3Old High Germanstab
4Proto-Germanic*stab
Every word from Proto-Germanic knikkoną