knol

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle High German knolle, Old High German *chnollo, from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla- (lump), possibly related to Old English cnotta.

Pronunciation

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Noun

knol m (plural knollen, diminutive knolletje n)

  1. turnip
  2. bulge, protrusion
  3. workhorse, draft horse

Anagrams

References

  • 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