English
Knorr
Knorr comes from Middle Low German cnorre.
- Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600cnorre
- Englishearliest quotation 1991Knorr
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600cnorre
- Englishearliest quotation 1991Knorr
Earliest quotation: 1991, Stephen Fry, London: Heinemann: “[…] K-N-O-R-R, a very strange name indeed, […]”
Every English word from Middle Low German cnorre
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Low German cnorre / Knorr