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knokkel.

finger-joint; knuckle

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈknɔ.kəl/
  1. finger-joint; knuckle

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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