From Middle English knottil, cnottel, diminutive of knotte, cnotte, equivalent to knot + -le. Cognate with Middle Dutch knuttel, Middle Low German knutel, Middle High German Knüttel ("little stick"). Compare also Old English cnyttels ("string, fiber, sinew").
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