canif.
clasp-knife, penknife
Meaning & usage
clasp-knife, penknife
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French quenif, from Middle English knyf (“knife”), from Old English cnīf (“knife”) (however also derived from Late Vulgar Latin *cnifus, if not reinforced), from Old Norse kníf or Proto-West Germanic *knīb, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”). Akin to Old French cnivet, canivet (“little knife”), Catalan ganivet (“knife”), from Frankish *knīf (“knife”), from the same Germanic source. More at knife.
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