kne
See also: kné and Kné
Middle English
Alternative forms
- knewe, knee, knew, know
- (early) kneo, cneowe, cneo
Etymology
From Anglian Old English cnēo (West Saxon cnēow is continued in knew), from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).
Pronunciation
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /knøː/, /knøw/
- IPA(key): /kneː/, /kniu̯/
- Rhymes: -eː
Noun
kne (plural knes or kneen)
- knee
Descendants
- English: knee
- Scots: kne, kney, knie
- Yola: konnee
References
- “knẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).
Noun
kne n (definite singular kneet, indefinite plural kne or knær, definite plural knea or knærne, genitive knes)
- (anatomy) a knee (joint in the leg)
Derived terms
- knelang
References
- “kne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”). Akin to English knee.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kneː/
Noun
kne n (definite singular kneet, indefinite plural kne, definite plural knea)
- (anatomy) a knee (joint in the leg)
Derived terms
- knea (verb)
- knelang
References
- “kne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- enk, ken, nek