knaw
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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Verb[edit]
knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past and past participle knawed)
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past knawed, past participle knawn)
- Nonstandard form of know.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
knaw
- Alternative form of knave
Middle Welsh[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably borrowed from Old Irish cnáim (“bone”),[1] but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “tibia”) and English ham.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
knaw m (plural kneu or knouein)
Descendants[edit]
- ⇒ Welsh: pencnaw (“end of a bone”)
Mutation[edit]
Middle Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
Radical | Soft | Nasal | Aspirate |
knaw | gnaw | knaw / chnaw pronounced with /ŋ̊-/ |
chnaw |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 211
Further reading[edit]
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cnaw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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