Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *hnakkôScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_hnakkô
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*knukkosprotuberance; hillkñukneck
nounmasculinean-stemthe back of the neck; napeTraditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *knog-, *kneg- (‘back of the head, nape, neck’), from *ken- (‘to press, pinch, buckle, kink’).Kroonen reconstructs an etymon Proto-Indo-European *knékō, which he connects with Tocharian A kñuk (‘neck’). German Hunke (‘hillock’) might retain a trace of the original genitive. Compare Proto-Celtic *knukkos (‘protuberance; hill’), which Kroonen suggests is borrowed from Germanic.Compare also the suffix *-kô, found in names of several other body parts.