Knust

Meaning

heel of bread

Concepts

heel

Synonyms

Kanten

Bödeli

Riebel

Knörzchen

Knippchen

Reiftle

Scherzl

Krüstchen

Knerzel

Riebele

Knorzen

Timpken

Gupf

Mürgeli

Gigele

Aheuer

Gnetzla

Knurrn

Ortstückel

Ranft

Knäppele

Ranfl

Ränftl

Knießchen

Anscherzl

Kipfla

Knüstchen

Knüppchen

Bugl

Knäppchen

Stützle

Knäusperle

Knäuschen

Reiftchen

Kipf

Mürgel

Knörzla

Anschnitt

Scherzerl

Translations

croûton

crostó

cantuccio

mendrugo

cuscurro

croston

crostet

crouton

quignon

crosta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/knuːst/

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German: Knuust

Cognate with Dutch: knoest

In summary

Borrowed from Low German Knuust, from Middle Low German knūst. Compare Dutch knoest and knuist.
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénus (“cheek, jaw, chin”) and its synonymous derivative *ǵn̥h₂dʰ(h₁)-. Then cognate with Latvian zods (“chin, sharp edge”), Lithuanian žándas (“cheek”) and Ancient Greek γνάθος (gnáthos, “jaw, point, edge”). The same etymology should apply to the dialectal variants Knaus, Kniestchen Knietzchen, Knuß, Knützchen, Knuz. Further variants such as Knapp, Knäppchen, Knippche, Knuf are close-by (labial instead of dental enlargement, such as in Knopf).