cneo

cneo

Middle English

Noun

cneo

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of kne

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Old English

Alternative forms

• cnēow

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian kniu, Old Saxon knio, Dutch knie, Old High German kneo (German Knie), Old Norse kné (Swedish knä, Danish knæ), Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit जानु (jānu), Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬏𐬨‎ (žnūm), Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), Albanian gju, Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu), Latin genu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kneːo/

Noun

cnēo n

1. the knee

   Hīe on cnēowum sǣton: they sat on their knees.

2. a generation

   On ānum cnēowe: in one generation.

Declension

Declension of cneo

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cnēo	cnēo
accusative	cnēo	cnēo
genitive	cnēowes	cnēowa
dative	cnēowe	cnēowum

Descendants

• Middle English: kne, knee, cneowe, cneo, knew, know,
  • English: knee
  • Scots: kne, kney, knie