Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA knob, usually ornamental · A finial, or swelling termination · A tuft or overthickened bunch of looped or twisted yarn · A closed bud or bud-like, swelling protuberance of a plant, or the representation thereof in the decorative arts
From Middle English knop, from Middle Low German and Middle Dutch knoppe, from Proto-Germanic *knuppô, *knuppaz, *knappô, which is perhaps related to *knappō (“knob, boy”). Possible doublet of knave and knob.
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