Släkthistoria för Knick
Knick Vad efternamn betyder
German: from Knick ‘hedge boundary’ hence a topographic name for someone living near a hedge or hedged enclosure or a metonymic occupational name for someone who lays hedges. Hedging is a characteristic feature of the pastureland of Holstein Mecklenburg Westphalia and Lower Saxony. Germanized form of Sorbian Knyk or Knik: nickname from a derivative of Lower Sorbian knykaś ‘to fold; to break’ presumably denoting a pocket-knife.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
