n.
'knock, blow'
(Modern English knock)Apparently formed on the stem of cnokez.
PGmc Ancestor
*knok- or *knuk-
Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)
knoka (v.) ‘to knock, thump’
(ONP knoka (vb.))
Other Scandinavian Reflexes
OE Cognate
cnocian (v.) ‘to pound; strike, hit; knock (esp. at a door or gate)’
Phonological and morphological markers
Summary category
CCC2a
Widespread from the late 14c. onwards (and always in <o>, cp. cnokez)
Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus
Gaw 2379