Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To withdraw into a nook. · To situate in a nook.
A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove. · A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat. · A recess, cove or hollow. · An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.
From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”). If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”) or Dutch hoek (“corner”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ġehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”). Also cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”).
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionnokeenm
- Inherited-form mentionhnocang
- Inherited-form mention*hnukkazgem-pro
- Derivation mention*knewg-ine-pro
- Derivation mention*ken-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionnoksco
- Cognate mentionnokda
- Cognate mentionnocksv
- Cognate mentionnokkifo
- Cognate mentionhnokkiis
- Cognate mentionnoknl
- Cognate mentionhoeknl
- Cognate mentionNockends
- Cognate mentionhnúkanon
- Cognate mentionġehnycnedang
- Cognate mentionneuksco
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