Where does “קנאָפּ” come from?

קנאָפּ (Yiddish) comes from Middle High German knopf, from Old High German knopf, from Proto-Germanic knuppô — knob; lump, clod.

קנאָפּ (Yiddish): button

Definitions

  1. button

Ancestry of “קנאָפּ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanknopf—
2Old High Germanknopf—
3Proto-Germanicknuppôknob; lump, clod

Words derived from “קנאָפּ”

Every word from Proto-Germanic knuppô →Every word from Old High German knopf →Every word from Middle High German knopf →