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Where does “knuks” come from?

knuks (Proto-Italic) comes from Proto-Indo-European knew-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Ancestry of “knuks”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
2Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “knuks”

  • nuclear
  • nucleus
  • nucleotide
  • oligonucleotide
  • mononuclear
  • radionuclide
  • nucleon
  • thermonuclear
  • nucleosome
  • dinucleotide
  • Nogales
  • antinuclear
  • mononucleosis
  • polymorphonuclear
  • nuclease
  • nucleophile
  • supranuclear
  • nuclide
  • denuclearization
  • polynucleotide
  • nonnuclear
  • ribonucleoprotein
  • intranuclear
  • nucleocapsid
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