LL-L "Etymology" 2003.10.07 (09) [E]

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From: denis dujardin <dujardin at pandora.be>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2003.10.07 (05) [E]

The toponym "Knokke" in Flanders is a very old Celtic toponym which is
definitely pre-Roman, meaning "hill" . As far as I can remeber, in Gaelic
"an cnochk" has the same meaning.
So, I dont think it has something to do with "winding etc".

denis dujardin
flanders

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Etymology



Thanks for the pointer, Denis!



"Hill":

Gaelic: cnoc (> English "cnock", Scots _knock_, _cnock_ 'hillock')

Irish: cnoc

Old Irish: cnocc

Old Breton: cnoch

Proto-Celtic: *knokko- (< *knog-ko-)


Suggested by some:

< *cunocco

Cf.:
Gaulish: cuno- 'high'

Welsh: cwn 'height' (< /ku-/ 'strong', 'mighty', 'great' = *prominent)



Cf.:

Danish: knok 'little hillock' (< Celtic, Scots or English?)

Also:

'(nape of the) neck'

Old Norse: hnakki

English: hnecca > neck

Old Frisian: hnekka

Middle Dutch: nec ~ necke, nac

Old Saxon: hnakko

Old German: hnacch, hnach, nach

Middle German: nac, nacke

Modern German: Nacken (> Genick)

< Germanic: *hnakkæ(n) ~ *hnakka



Tocharian: kñuk



Regards,

Reinhard/Ron

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