knarr

knarr · noun¹

1. Old Norse · borrowed fromknǫrr“merchant ship”
2. English todayknarr

From Old Norse knǫrr (“merchant ship”).

Knarr · proper noun²

From the German surname used as a nickname for a hunchback, from knorr (“lump”), which is cognate with knar (“lump, tree knot”).

Words from the same roots