nook

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
2. A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
3. A recess, cove or hollow.
4. (historical) An English unit of land area, originally ¹⁄₄ of a yardland but later 12+¹⁄₂ or 20 acres.
5. (Northern-England, archaic) A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
6. (vulgar) The vagina-like genitalia of a troll, featured in Homestuck fanworks but not in canon.

Verb

1. To withdraw into a nook.
2. To situate in a nook.

Conceptes

angle

racó

cantonada

colze

falca

tascó

Sinònims

corner

niche

cranny

recess

out-of-the-way place

cavity

cubby

cubbyhole

shelter

angle

lane

dominate

extremes

harbor

harborage

harbour

haven

hole

🕳️

outskirts

place

quoin

rand

sinus

snuggery

solid angle

remote place

safehold

home site

alcove

quiet spot

alleyway

asylum

bay

cave

chock

concavity

cove

creek

cubicle

dent

Traduccions

coin

Winkel

Ecke

rincón

canto

angolo

recoin

γωνιά

Nische

angle

hoekje

Schlupfwinkel

cantuccio

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/nʊk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: noke

Cognat amb escocès: neuk

Heretat de anglès antic: hnoc

Cognat amb escocès: nok

Cognat amb noruec: -

Cognat amb danès: nok

Cognat amb suec: nock

Cognat amb feroès: nokki

Cognat amb islandès: hnokki

Cognat amb neerlandès: nok

Cognat amb neerlandès: hoek

Cognat amb baix alemany: Nocke

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: hnúka

Cognat amb anglès antic: ġehnycned

In summary

From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”).
If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”) or Dutch hoek (“corner”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ġehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”). Also cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”).