Etymograph

English

knop

Knop comes from Middle Dutch knoppe, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *knuppô.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*knuppôreconstructed
  2. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500knoppe
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500knop‘a decorative or ornamental knob’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1878same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*knuppôreconstructed
  2. Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500knoppe
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500knop‘a decorative or ornamental knob’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1878same form

Earliest quotation: 1878, Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwo, Offices of the Royal Commission: “On these shawl borders the knop and flower are…”

The story

From Middle English knop, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch knoppe, from Proto-Germanic *knuppô, *knuppaz, *knappô, which is perhaps related to *knappō (‘knob, boy’).

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *knuppô

Today it means

noun A knob, usually ornamental

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *knuppô / knop

Shirt and support for this word