Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knewą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (specifically the oblique stem *ǵnéw-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkne.wɑ̃/

Noun

*knewą n

knee

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *knewą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*knewą	*knewō
vocative	*knewą	*knewō
accusative	*knewą	*knewō
genitive	knewas, kniwis	*knewǫ̂
dative	*kniwai	*knewamaz
instrumental	*knewō	*knewamiz

Derived terms

*knewô

Descendants

Old English: cnēo, cnēow
- Middle English: kne, knee, cneowe, cneo, knew, know,
  - English: knee
  - Scots: kne, kney, knie
Old Frisian: kniu, knī, knē
- Saterland Frisian: Knie
- ⇒ Old Frisian: knībola, knēbolla
  - Saterland Frisian: Kniebel
  - West Frisian: knibbel
Old Saxon: knio, kneo, kniu
- Middle Low German: knê
  - Low German:
    - German Low German: Kneei
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Knåi
      Sauerländisch: Knai, Knoi, Knaue, Knī
      Westmünsterländisch: Knee
  - Plautdietsch: Kjnee
Old Dutch: *cnio
- Middle Dutch: cnie
  - Dutch: knie
Old High German: kneo, kniu, knio, chniu, chneo
- Middle High German: knie
  - Alemannic German: Chnüüw
  - Cimbrian: khnia
  - German: Knie
  - Luxembourgish: Knéi
  - Vilamovian: kni
  - Yiddish: קני‎ (kni)
Old Norse: kné
- Icelandic: kné (archaic), hné
- Faroese: knæ
- Norwegian: kne
- Old Swedish: knǣ
  - Swedish: knä
- Old Danish: knæ
  - Danish: knæ
- Gutnish: knei
- Westrobothnian: ngje, nge, knje, kné, kni
Gothic: 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu)