Where does “knarre” come from?

knarre (Middle English) comes from German knarren — to creak.

knarre (Middle English): knot in wood; a crag; twisted rock; knot in wood

Definitions

  1. knot in wood; a crag; twisted rock; knot in wood

Ancestry of “knarre”, step by step

knarre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German knarren

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknarrento creak

via Old English cnearra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcnearraa twisted rock

Words derived from “knarre

Every word from German knarren