Etymology

Knaack

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle Low German knōke ← Old Saxon *knuko ← Proto-West Germanic *knokō
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*knokō
  2. Old Saxon · derived from*knuko
  3. Middle Low German · derived fromknōke
  4. English todayKnaack

North/Low German surname, from knaak (“bone”), from the noun Middle Low German knōke, from Old Saxon *knuko, from Proto-West Germanic *knokō. Compare the south German variant Knoch.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.