The title pretty much says it all.
- Knopf — knob
- Knie — knee
Are there more?
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5Viel Spaß beim Durchwühlen: wortsuche.com/starts-with-by-length/kn– Em1Commented Apr 30, 2012 at 16:17
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1I am curious: Why this kind of special question?– 0x6d64Commented May 1, 2012 at 8:05
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1@Ox6d64: "Why this question? Probably because it is a "curiousity."– Tom AuCommented May 1, 2012 at 13:52
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5@TomAu And tomorrow we ask for all words that begin in "pl", and the day after tomorrow ... No, seriously. I don't see any reason why that question is interesting.– Em1Commented May 1, 2012 at 15:19
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- knuckle – Knöchel (generally “ankle”, but colloquially this can be used in the same sense)
There are some other cognates whose meanings have diverged over time:
- knave – Knabe
- knight – Knecht
- knife – Kniff
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6Adding words "whose meanings have diverged over time" confuses the issue. For instance, Knecht means, servant, basically the OPPOSITE of knight. I can get from Knave, a "naughty" boy to Knabe. And I'm now confused about knife and Kniff german.stackexchange.com/questions/4497/…– Tom AuCommented Apr 30, 2012 at 23:02
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@TomAu: Merriam Webster: "a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior [...] from Old English cniht man-at-arms, boy, servant". Not much divergent -- rather enlightening about the deeper meaning, exactly what etymology should do. Commented Apr 11, 2014 at 22:10
- Knolle — bulb/tuber
- knüllen — to crumple
I don't believe it can be universally applied.
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