Chnüüw
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Old High German chniu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Cognate with German Knie, Dutch knie, English knee, Icelandic hné, Swedish knä.
Noun
Chnüüw n
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 26.
Categories:
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms derived from Old High German
- Alemannic German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Alemannic German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Alemannic German lemmas
- Alemannic German nouns
- Alemannic German neuter nouns
- Urner Alemannic German
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