Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knewaskībā

This Proto-West 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From *kneu (“knee”) +‎ *skībā (“disc, plate, slice”), from Proto-Germanic *skībǭ (whence Old Norse skífa (“slice”)), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”).

Noun

*knewaskībā f

kneecap

Inflection

ōn-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*knewaskībā
Genitive	*knewaskībōn
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*knewaskībā	*knewaskībōn
Accusative	*knewaskībōn	*knewaskībōn
Genitive	*knewaskībōn	*knewaskībōnō
Dative	*knewaskībōn	*knewaskībōm
Instrumental	*knewaskībōn	*knewaskībōm

Descendants

Old English: *cnēosċīfe
- Middle English: kne shyue
  - English: kneeshive (archaic)
Old Frisian: kniskive, kneskive, kniscive, knescive
Old Saxon: *knioskība, *knioskīva
- Middle Low German: *knêchêve
  - German Low German:
    Westmünsterländisch: Kneeschiewe, Kneeschiebe
Old Dutch: *cnioskība
- Middle Dutch: cnieschîve, cniescîve
  - Dutch: knieschijf
Old High German: kniuskība
- Middle High German: knieschîbe
  - German: Kniescheibe
  - Luxembourgish: Knéischeif