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1 cnoc
a hillock, Ir, cnoc, Old Irish cnocc, Old Breton cnoch, tumulus, Breton kreac'h, krec'henn, hill, *knokko-; from knog-ko-, Norse, hnakki, nape of the neck, Anglo-Saxon hnecca, necl, English neck. Some have given the stem as *cunocco, and referred it to the root of Gaulish cuno-, high, Welsh cwn, height, root ku, be strong, great, as in curaidh, q.v. Cf. Anglo-Saxon hnoll, Old High German hnol, vertex, head. See ceann.
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hnoll — m ( es/ as) top, crown of the head … Old to modern English dictionary
Noll — Noll, n. [OE. nol, AS. hnoll top; akin to OHG. hnol top, head.] The head; the noodle. [Obs.] Syn: noddle, noggin. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noll — (n.) top of the head, O.E. hnoll, cognate with M.Du. nolle, O.H.G. hnol back part of the head … Etymology dictionary
ken-1 — ken 1 English meaning: to press, pinch, etc.. Deutsche Übersetzung: as basis for extensions the meaning “zusamendrũcken, kneifen, zusamenknicken; Zusamengedrũcktes, Geballtes” Note: Root ken 1 : “to press, pinch, etc.” derived… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary