knokkel
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cnokel, from Old Dutch *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
- IPA(key): /ˈknɔ.kəl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: knok‧kel
- Rhymes: -ɔkəl
Synonyms
- vingergewricht
Westrobothnian
Synonyms
- knökkäl
- knoväl
- knóväl
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