Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knokō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knukô.

Noun

*knokō m

joint, bone

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*knokō
Genitive	*knokini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*knokō	*knokan
Accusative	*knokan	*knokan
Genitive	*knokini	*knokanō
Dative	*knokini	*knokum
Instrumental	*knokini	*knokum

Related terms

*knukil

Descendants

Old Frisian: *knuko, *knoko
- North Frisian: knook, knooke, knaake, knååke
- Saterland Frisian: Knooke
Old Saxon: *knuko
- Middle Low German: *knocke
  - Plautdietsch: Knoaken
  - → Norwegian: knoke
Old Dutch: *knuko
- Middle Dutch: cnoke
  - Dutch: knook
Old High German: knohha
- Middle High German: knoche
  - Alemannic German: Chnoche
  - Central Franconian:
    Hunsrik: Knoche
    Kölsch: Knoche
    Luxembourgish: Knachen
  - German: Knochen
- → Italian: nocca, gnocchi