Reconstruction talk:Proto-Germanic/knīfą

Codecat, you added the Old English descendant under the descendants of Old Norse, then assumably being a descendant of Old Norse, but the gender of Old English does not agree with Old Norse, however agrees with the other descendants. A credible source for the Old English would be Dutch, either Frisian, also being geographically near to Old English. I would suggest Middle Dutch, because there was probably more contact with them, saying this, even though I live in Fryslân, and it would be great to have such a relation with Frisian, but Dutch is more realistic.

—Dyami Millarson DM 22:24, 20 March 2012 (UTC).

The Danes ruled over the northern parts of England for a while, an area known as the w:Danelaw. During that time many Old Norse words were taken into English. Nederlands etymologisch woordenboek of 1971 suggests this was one of them. It may or may not be, I'm not sure, but this has a reference at least. I'll add it. —CodeCat 21:38, 20 March 2012 (UTC)