knitch

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*knukkijaną
2. Old English · inherited fromġecnyċċ“bond”
3. Middle English · inherited fromknicche“bundle (of brush, weeds), bunch, sheaf”
4. English todayknitch

From Middle English knicche (“bundle (of brush, weeds), bunch, sheaf”), from Old English ġecnyċċ (“bond”), deverbative of ġecnyċċan, cnyċċan (“to tie, bind together, connect”), from Proto-Germanic *knukkijaną; akin to Lithuanian gniáužti (“to close one’s hand”).