Etymology

knar

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Today it means: A knot or burl in a tree; a knurl, a gnarl. Full definition →

Middle English knarre ← Old English *cnearra
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited from*cnearra
  2. Middle English · inherited fromknarre“a crag; twisted rock; knot in wood”
  3. English todayknar

From Middle English knarre (“a crag; twisted rock; knot in wood”), probably from Old English *cnearra, which could be related to cnotta. Cognate with Dutch knar, knor (“gnarl, knot”), German Low German Knurre, Knur (“knot in wood”), German Knorren (“knot in wood”). Related also to English knurl and gnarl.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishknarre all →

knurl

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