Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knewą

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (specifically the oblique stem *ǵnéw-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkne.wɑ̃/

Noun

*knewą n

1. 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: cnēow, cnēo
  • Middle English: kne, knewe, knee, knew, know; kneo, cneowe, cneo
    • English: knee
    • Scots: kne, kney, knie
    • Yola: konnee
• 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: Knåi

        Sauerländisch: Knai, Knoi, Knaue, Knī

        Westmünsterländisch: Knee

    • Plautdietsch: Kjnee
• Old Dutch: *cnio
  • Middle Dutch: cnie
    • Dutch: knie
      • Afrikaans: knie
    • Limburgish: kneen (plural reanalysed as singular)
• 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, hné
  • Faroese: knæ
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kne; (dialectal) ne, (h)nje
  • Old Swedish: knǣ
    • Swedish: knä
  • Old Danish: knæ
    • Danish: knæ
      • Norwegian Bokmål: kne
  • Gutnish: knei
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu)