knaak

== Dutch == === Etymology === Thieves' slang, presumably related to Rotwelsch knök, kneks (“guilder”); in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries there was a small German coin called Knack(e), Knacker. Of uncertain origin: The word seems to be related to the regular word for "bone" in Germanic dialects, e.g. Middle Dutch knook, Low German Knaak (“bone”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokō. An alternative etymology was suggested A. Huizinga, deriving from Hebrew. He considered the word קַעֲקַע (“engraved stamp/mark”), in which case "knaak" could go back to kaʿaka via Yiddish or Bargoens, describing the stamped coin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /knaːk/ Hyphenation: knaak Rhymes: -aːk === Noun === knaak m (plural knaken, diminutive knaakje n) (informal, Netherlands) a 2½ guilders coin Synonym: rijksdaalder (archaic) a large, valuable coin ==== Descendants ==== → Sranan Tongo: knaka → West Frisian: knaak === References ===