knobbe

• nobbe, knob

From Middle Low German knobbe, probably via Old Saxon from a variant of Proto-Germanic *knappô (“knob, lump”), one of several kn- words related to *knuttô (“knot”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈknɔb(ə)/

knobbe (plural knobbes)

1. knob (small protrusion)
2. lump, bump (larger protrusion)

• knoble

• English: knob, nob
• Yola: knapp

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “knob”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “knobbe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.