Nook Definition
Other Word Forms of Nook
Noun
Origin of Nook
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From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle"), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object"). 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 nokke (“hook"), Swedish nocke (“hook"), Faroese nokki (“crook"), Icelandic hnokki (“hook"), Dutch nok (“ridge"), Low German Nocke (“tip"), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch"), Old English Ä¡ehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled").
From Wiktionary
Middle English nok probably of Scandinavian origin Norwegian dialectal nōk hook
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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