knoop

Dutch (Brabantic)

/knoːp/

noun
Definitions
  • button (knob or small disc serving as a fastener)
  • knot (i.e. a loop of string or any other long flexible material which cannot be untied without pulling part of the string through the loops)
  • (mathematics) knot
  • (nautical) knot (i.e. a unit of velocity, corresponding to traveling a distance of 1 nautical mile per hour)
  • (botany) node, joint

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch cnôop inherited from Old Dutch *knōp inherited from Proto-Germanic *knaupaz.

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*knaupaz

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