knokkel
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch cnokel, from Old Dutch *knukil, from Proto-West Germanic *knukil, from Proto-Germanic *knukilaz, a diminutive of *knukô (“bone”) (whence knook). Thus, it is synchronically equivalent to knook (“bone”) + -el (diminutive suffix). Compare English knuckle, German Knöchel, Knochen, Danish kno, Swedish knoge.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
knokkel m (plural knokkels, diminutive knokkeltje n)
- finger-joint; knuckle
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West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian knokel, from Proto-West Germanic *knukil.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
knokkel c (plural knokkels, diminutive knokkeltsje)
- finger-joint; knuckle