knick-knacks; odds and ends (things of little value; especially worthless jewellery) · trifles; trivial things · silliness; frivolity; foolishness (that which is absurd or a waste of time)
köken: Kinkerlitz m + -chen, from French quincaille(rie) (“metal hardware”) + -chen (diminutive suffix), originally in reference to worthless jewellery.
small things; random assortment of things; bits and pieces, odds and ends, dribs and drabs · insignificant details and/or circumstances · unimportant events or activities
bagatelle, trifle · bagatelle (short piece of literature or of instrumental music, typically light or playful in character) · bagatelle (palace, usually in a garden, fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries)
köken: Inherited from Old Czech cětka, from Proto-Slavic *cęta + -ka, from Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌽𐍄𐌿𐍃 (kintus), from Latin centum. First attested in the 14th century.
köken: Uncertain, perhaps from German. Compare Old High German schusser (“clay ball (as a toy)”), itself from German Schuß (“shot”). Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/ˈt͡sɛtl̩/) etc.
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *porkъ. Related to Polish proca, itself akin to Russian праща́ (praščá), Bulgarian пра́шка (práška), Slovene prača, Serbo-Croatian праћа/praća. Perhaps related to práca (“work, labour”).