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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Knubbe

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Knubbe, Knuppe, masculine, ‘knot in wood,’ Modern High German only, from Low German knubbe, the cognates of which see under Knopf. We may also mention Middle High German knübel, to which Knuppe is related, as klauben to Kluppe.