Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll. · To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell. · To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death). · A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.
From Middle English knyllen, from Old English cnyllan (“to strike; knock; clap”), from Proto-West Germanic *knuʀlijan, from Proto-Germanic *knuzlijaną (“to beat; push; mash”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionknyllenenm
- Inherited-form mentioncnyllanang · to strike; knock; clap
- Inherited-form mention*knuʀlijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*knuzlijanągem-pro · to beat; push; mash
- Derivation mention*gen-ine-pro · to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up
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