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knol.

tuber

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/knɔl/

  1. tuber

    masculine

  2. corm, bulbotuber

    masculine

  3. bulge, protrusion

    masculine

  4. nag, inferior horse

    masculine

  5. workhorse, draft horse

    masculine

  6. synonym of knolraap (“turnip”)

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From earlier knolle; first attested in the early sixteenth century. The earliest attested meaning in Dutch is "turnip" (now obsolete, the derived knolraap having become the standard term), which appears to be the result of a semantic narrowing from a broader meaning "bulging protrusion"; compare for example the cognates Old High German knollo (“rocky outcrop; lump”), English knoll (“hill”).

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