Dutch word knekelhuis comes from Dutch huis (House.), Dutch knekel (Bone.)

Detailed word origin of knekelhuis

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
huis	Dutch (nld)	House.
knekel	Dutch (nld)	Bone.
knekelhuis	Dutch (nld)	Building where disinterred (human) bones are stored, usually at a cemetery; bonehouse, charnel house.

Words with the same origin as knekelhuis