knokel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• knokelle, knokill, knokyl, knokylle

Etymology

From Old English cnucel, from Proto-West Germanic *knukil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknukəl/

Noun

knokel (plural knokeles)

1. A knuckle or similar joint.
2. (rare) A fist (hand with fingers curled in)

Descendants

• English: knuckle
• Scots: knockle
• Yola: noughel

References

• “knokel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• knuckel

Etymology

From Old Saxon *knukil, from Proto-West Germanic *knukil.

Noun

knö̂kel

1. bone

Descendants

• Dutch Low Saxon:

  Twents: knökel

• German Low German:

  Altmärkisch: Knäöw'l

  Westphalian:

  Dortmunder: Knüakel

  Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Knökel

  Sauerländisch: Knüekel, Knöekel (Balve), Knǖkel (Niedersfeld), Knüökel (Attendorn), Kniäkel (Kirchhundem, Selbecke)

• → Danish: knogle