Knoll
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Old English cnoll ‘hilltop’, of Germanic origin; related to German Knolle ‘clod, lump, tuber’ and Dutch knol ‘tuber, turnip’.
wiktionary
From Old English cnoll(“summit”), from Proto-Germanic *knudan-, *knudla-, *knulla-(“lump”), possibly related to cnotta.
Related to Old Norse knollr (found only in names of places), Dutch knol(“tuber”), Swedish knöl(“tuber”), Danish knold(“hillock, clod, tuber”) and German Knolle(“bulb”).
Imitative, or variant of knell.
Named after Knoll, a furniture fabrication shop, famous for its angular range of designer furniture.
etymonline
knoll (n.)
Old English cnoll "hilltop, small hill, clod, ball," related to Old Norse knollr "hilltop;" German knolle "clod, lump;" Dutch knol "turnip," nol "a hill."
