Words that come from Proto-Germanic “knewą”

80 words across 26 languages descend from Proto-Germanic knewą — including knees, knee, kneecap, kneehole, kneejoint, kneepan, kneeless, kneeboard.

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English (32)

German (7)

Middle English (6)

Icelandic (5)

Swedish (3)

Old English (3)

Old Saxon (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Middle High German (2)

Dutch (1)

Danish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Afrikaans (1)

Old High German (1)

Faroese (1)

Gothic (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Yiddish (1)

Vilamovian (1)

Central Franconian (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Norse (1)

Alemannic German (1)

Proto-West Germanic (1)

Old Dutch (1)