Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “knouf” come from?

knouf (Middle High German) comes from Old High German knouf, from Proto-Germanic knaupaz.

Ancestry of “knouf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanknouf—
2Proto-Germanicknaupaz—

Words derived from “knouf”

  • Knauf
Every word from Proto-Germanic knaupaz →