Where does “Koppknoaken” come from?

Koppknoaken (Plautdietsch) comes from Plautdietsch Knoaken, from Middle Low German *knocke, from Old Dutch knuko, from Proto-West Germanic *knokō — joint.

Koppknoaken (Plautdietsch): skull

Definitions

  1. skull

Ancestry of “Koppknoaken”, step by step

Koppknoaken traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Plautdietsch Knoaken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKnoakenbone
2Middle Low German*knocke—
3Old Dutchknuko—
4Proto-West Germanic*knokōjoint

via Plautdietsch Kopp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PlautdietschKopphead
2Low GermanKopp—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *knokō →Every word from Old Dutch knuko →Every word from Middle Low German *knocke →