Etymograph

English

Knopf

Knopf comes from German Knopf ‘button (fastener)’, from Proto-Germanic *knuppaz ‘lump, clod’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gnewbʰ-o-s.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gnewbʰ-o-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*knuppaz‘lump, clod’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050knopf
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentKnopf‘button (fastener)’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gnewbʰ-o-sreconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*knuppaz‘lump, clod’reconstructed
  3. Old High Germanc. 750–1050knopf
  4. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350same form
  5. Germanc. 1650–presentKnopf‘button (fastener)’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *gnewbʰ-o-s

Today it means

name A surname from German.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gnewbʰ-o-s / Knopf

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