Etymograph

English

knitch

Knitch comes from Middle English knicche ‘bundle, bunch, sheaf’, from Old English ġecnyċċ ‘bond’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *knukkijaną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*knukkijanąreconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150cnyċċan‘to tie, bind together, connect’
  3. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150ġecnyċċ‘bond’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500knicche‘bundle, bunch, sheaf’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1606knitch

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*knukkijanąreconstructed
  2. Old Englishc. 450–1150cnyċċan‘to tie, bind together, connect’
  3. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150ġecnyċċ‘bond’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500knicche‘bundle, bunch, sheaf’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1606knitch

Earliest quotation: 1606, Caius [i.e., The Historie of Caius Iulius Cesar Dictator: “Hee brought-in likevvise the ancient cuſtome againe, that in…”

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *knukkijaną

Today it means

noun A small bundle.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *knukkijaną / knitch

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