Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knewaskībā

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms 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

1. kneecap

Inflection

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

Descendants

• Old English: *cnēosċīfe
  • Middle English: kne shyve
    • 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