knob的词源

英文词源

knob

knob: see knot

knob (n.)

late 14c., knobe, probably from a Scandinavian or German source (compare Middle Low German knobbe "knob," Middle Dutch cnoppe, Dutch knop, Old Frisian knopp, knapp, Old High German knopf, German Knopf "button," Old Norse knyfill "short horn"). Meaning "knoll, isolated round hill" is first recorded 1640s, especially in U.S.

中文词源

knob：门把手，旋扭，疙瘩

来自中古英语knobbe,来自Proto-Germanic*kunppo,泥块，木块，来自PIE*gen,压，捏，成团，词源同knead.引申词义门把手，旋扭，疙瘩等。

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