Where does “knacken” come from?

knacken (German) comes from Middle High German knacken.

knacken (German): to make a cracking sound

Definitions

  1. to make a cracking sound

Ancestry of “knacken”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanknacken

Words derived from “knacken

Every word from Middle High German knacken
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