knol
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German knolle, Old High German *chnollo, from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla- (“lump”), possibly related to Old English cnotta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
knol m (plural knollen, diminutive knolletje n)
- tuber
- corm, bulbotuber
- bulge, protrusion
- nag, inferior horse
- Synonym: guil
- workhorse, draft horse
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Papiamentu: kònòlchi (from the diminutive)
References[edit]
- Guus Kroonen, “Reflections on the o/zero-Ablaut in the Germanic Iterative Verbs”, in The Indo-European Verb: Proceedings of the Conference of the Society for Indo-European Studies, Los Angeles, 13-15 September 2010, Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, 2012