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Where does “cnoc” come from?

cnoc (Irish) comes from Old Irish cnocc, from Proto-Celtic *knukkos.

cnoc (Irish): hill, mount

Definitions

  1. hill, mount

Ancestry of “cnoc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcnocchill; lump; swelling
2Proto-Celtic*knukkos—
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