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 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

• Proto-West Germanic: *kneu
  • 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)