knol

See also: knøl, Knol, and knöl

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
  • IPA(key): /knɔl/
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  • Hyphenation: knol
  • Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

knol m (plural knollen, diminutive knolletje n)

  1. tuber
  2. corm, bulbotuber
  3. bulge, protrusion
  4. nag, inferior horse
    Synonym: guil
  5. workhorse, draft horse

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Papiamentu: kònòlchi (from the diminutive)

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

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