Where does “knall” come from?

knall (Swedish) comes from Swedish knallfull, from Swedish full, from Old Norse fullr, from Proto-Germanic fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

knall (Swedish): bang

Definitions

  1. bang

Ancestry of “knall”, step by step

knall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish knallfull

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishknallfullvery drunk
2Swedishfullfull; drunk, intoxicated
3Old Norsefullrfull
4Proto-Germanicfullazfull; the whole, the entire
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via German knall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknallsingular imperative of knallen; first-person...
2Middle High Germanknellen—

Words derived from “knall”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →