*knukô

Runic: ᚲᚾᚢᚲᛟ Pronunciation: /ˈknu.kɔːː/

noun · masculine · an-stem

Meanings

joint, bone

Etymology

Probably from a Proto-Indo-European *ǵnu-gon-, itself potentially related to *ǵónu (‘knee’). The nature of the relation of the root to Lithuanian gniáužti (‘to close one's hand’) is unclear.

Older theories derived the root from Proto-Indo-European *gnew- (‘a bundle; knot’), extended from the root *gen- (‘to pinch; clench; ball up’), with the suffix *-kô used in some names of body parts, and compared with Ancient Greek κονδός (kondós) (kondós), Ancient Greek κόνδυλος (kóndulos) (kóndulos), Sanskrit कन्द (kanda) (kanda).

In any case, compare Italian gnocco.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	knukô	knukaniz
Acc.	knukanų	knukanunz
Gen.	knukiniz	knukanǫ̂
Dat.	knukini	knukammaz
Inst.	knukinē	knukammiz
Voc.	knukô	knukaniz

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Descendants

*knokō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *knuko (Old Dutch)
  - cnoke (Middle Dutch)
    - knook (Dutch)
      - knok (Afrikaans)
*knokō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *knuko, *knoko (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - Knoke (Saterland Frisian)
*knokō (Proto-West Germanic)
- knohha (Old High German)
  - gnôc, gnòc (Emilian)
  - nocca (Italian)
*knokō (Proto-West Germanic)
- knohha (Old High German)
  - knoche (Middle High German)
    - Chnoche (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Central Franconian)
    - Knochen (German)
*knokō (Proto-West Germanic)
- knohha (Old High German)
  - gnoco (Venetan)
    - gnocco (Italian)
*knokō (Proto-West Germanic)
- *knuko (Old Saxon)
  - *knocke (Middle Low German)
    - knååk (Jutish)
    - Knaak, Knaken (Low German)
    - Knoaken (Plautdietsch)
*knokā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *knuko (Old Dutch)
  - cnoke (Middle Dutch)
    - knook (Dutch)
      - knok (Afrikaans)
*knokā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *knuko, *knoko (Old Frisian)
  - ? (North Frisian)
  - Knoke (Saterland Frisian)
*knokā (Proto-West Germanic)
- knohha (Old High German)
  - gnôc, gnòc (Emilian)
  - nocca (Italian)
*knokā (Proto-West Germanic)
- knohha (Old High German)
  - knoche (Middle High German)
    - Chnoche (Alemannic German)
    - ? (Central Franconian)
    - Knochen (German)
*knokā (Proto-West Germanic)
- knohha (Old High German)
  - gnoco (Venetan)
    - gnocco (Italian)
*knokā (Proto-West Germanic)
- *knuko (Old Saxon)
  - *knocke (Middle Low German)
    - knååk (Jutish)
    - Knaak, Knaken (Low German)
    - Knoaken (Plautdietsch)
knúi (Old Norse)
- kno (Danish)
- knoke, knoka, knokå (Gutnish)
- kjúka (Icelandic)
knúi (Old Norse)
- knōe, knōghe (Old Swedish)
  - knoge (Swedish)

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