knok

Middle English

Etymology 1

A back-formation from knokken.

Alternative forms

• knoc, knocke, knoke, knokk, knokke

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knɔk/, /knɔːk/

Noun

knok (plural knokkes)

1. A strike; a hit.

Descendants

• English: knock
• → Middle Welsh: cnwcc, cynwck, cnwc
  • Welsh: cnwc
• Scots: knock, tnock, knack

References

• “knok(ke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Verb

knok

1. alternative form of knokken

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

knok m (definite singular knoken, indefinite plural knoker, definite plural knokene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by knoke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

knok m (definite singular knoken, indefinite plural knokar, definite plural knokane)

1. alternative form of knoke