Where does “knøl” come from?

knøl (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Dutch knol, from Old English cnoll, from Proto-Germanic knudan-.

Ancestry of “knøl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchknoltuber; bulge, protrusion; nag, inferior horse
2Old Englishcnollsummit
3Proto-Germanicknudan-—

Words derived from “knøl”

Every word from Proto-Germanic knudan- →Every word from Old English cnoll →Every word from Dutch knol →