"knitchell" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Middle Scots]

Forms: knychtschell [alternative], knytchell [alternative]
Etymology: From knitch + -ell, -el, from Middle English knicche (“bundle (of brush, weeds), bunch, sheaf”), from Old English ġecnyċċ (“bond”), deverbative of ġecnyċċan, cnyċċan (“to tie, bind together, connect”), from Proto-Germanic *knukkijaną; akin to Lithuanian gniáužti (“to close one’s hand”). Etymology templates: {{af|gmw-msc|knitch|-ell}} knitch + -ell, {{der|gmw-msc|enm|knicche|t=bundle (of brush, weeds), bunch, sheaf}} Middle English knicche (“bundle (of brush, weeds), bunch, sheaf”), {{der|gmw-msc|ang|ġecnyċċ|t=bond}} Old English ġecnyċċ (“bond”), {{der|gmw-msc|gem-pro|*knukkijaną}} Proto-Germanic *knukkijaną, {{cog|lt|gniáužti|t=to close one’s hand}} Lithuanian gniáužti (“to close one’s hand”) Head templates: {{head|gmw-msc|noun|||head=}} knitchell, {{gmw-msc-noun}} knitchell
  1. a tiny bundle

Alternative forms

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