Where does “knoka” come from?

knoka (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic knukōną, from Proto-Indo-European gnew-, from Proto-Indo-European gen- — to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...

knoka (Old Norse): to knock; thump

Definitions

  1. to knock; thump

Ancestry of “knoka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-GermanicknukōnąTo pound on; beat on; knock
2Proto-Indo-Europeangnew-a bundle; knot; knot, bundle
3Proto-Indo-Europeangen-to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...

Words derived from “knoka”

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