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Where does “cnuesen” come from?
cnuesen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch *cnusen, from Proto-West Germanic *knussjan — to strike.
Ancestry of “cnuesen”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
*cnusen
—
2
Proto-West Germanic
*knussjan
to strike
Words derived from “cnuesen”
kneuzen
kneuzing
kneus
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