Etymology

KnitTok

K5N1I1T1T1O1K5

Today it means: The community of knitting enthusiasts and knitfluencers on TikTok. Full definition →

English TikTokclip. ← Middle English knytten ← Old English cnyttan
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gnod-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵónu
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵnu-tonder.?
  4. Proto-Germanic*knuttô
  5. Proto-Germanic*knuttijaną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*knuttijan
  7. Old Englishcnyttan
  8. Middle Englishknytten
  9. Englishknit
  10. Englishtick-tock
  11. EnglishTikTokclip.
  12. English todayKnitTok

From knit + -Tok.

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