Etymology Explorer › Scots

Where does “knuse” come from?

knuse (Scots) comes from Old Norse knosa — to beat, bruise.

knuse (Scots): to squeeze; to press down with the knees and...

Definitions

  1. to squeeze; to press down with the knees and...

Ancestry of “knuse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseknosato beat, bruise
Every word from Old Norse knosa →