English
knobble
Knobble comes from Middle Low German knobbe.
- Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600knobbe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘knob’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500knoble‘a small knob, bole, or lump’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004knobble
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Low Germanc. 1200–1600knobbe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘knob’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500knoble‘a small knob, bole, or lump’
- Englishearliest quotation 2004knobble
Earliest quotation: 2004, Andrea Levy, London: Review: “[…] I stared down into the chasm of this…”
Formed from knob + -le
Every English word from Middle Low German knobbe
Today it means
noun A small knob.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Low German knobbe / knobble