English
knucklesome
From knuckle + -some.
Formed from knuckle + -some
Proto-Germanic *knukô ‘bone, joint’
Proto-Germanic *knukilaz ‘knuckle, knot, bump’
Proto-West Germanic *knukil ‘knuckle, joint, small bone’
Old English cnucel ‘the juncture of two bones’
Middle English knokel ‘finger joint’
English knuckle
Today it means
adj Characterised or marked by knuckle(s); knuckly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / knucklesome