Words that come from Proto-Germanic “knībaz”

87 words across 32 languages descend from Proto-Germanic knībaz — including knife, penknife, Yellowknife, knifepoint, knifelike, paperknife, drawknife, knifegrinder.

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English (28)

Icelandic (16)

Swedish (5)

Middle English (5)

Danish (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Old French (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Middle High German (2)

Luxembourgish (1)

Guugu Yimidhirr (1)

Faroese (1)

French (1)

Galician (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Dutch (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Korean (1)

German Low German (1)

Old Norse (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Spanish (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old English (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Latin (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Frankish (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Medieval Latin (1)