English

knuckerhole

From knucker + hole.

A compound of knucker + hole

Proto-Germanic *nikraz ‘a Nix, a malicious water spirit, attested…’

Old English nicor ‘water monster’

Proto-Germanic *hulaz ‘hollow’

Proto-Germanic *hulą ‘hollow space’

Proto-West Germanic *hol ‘hollow space, cavity’

Old English hol ‘hole, hollow place’

Middle English hole

English hole

Today it means

noun In English folklore, a hole in the ground said to be the home of a knucker, a dragon-like creature.

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

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