Words that come from Proto-Indo-European “ǵneybʰ-”

116 words across 38 languages descend from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- — including knife, penknife, Yellowknife, knifepoint, knifelike, paperknife, drawknife, knifegrinder.

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English (28)

Icelandic (17)

German (8)

Dutch (7)

Swedish (5)

Middle English (5)

Danish (3)

Middle Dutch (2)

Old Dutch (2)

Yiddish (2)

German Low German (2)

Proto-Germanic (2)

Tok Pisin (2)

Old French (2)

Old Saxon (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Proto-West Germanic (2)

Middle High German (2)

Middle Low German (2)

Luxembourgish (1)

Guugu Yimidhirr (1)

Faroese (1)

Ukrainian (1)

French (1)

Galician (1)

Old Swedish (1)

Korean (1)

Czech (1)

Old Norse (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)

Spanish (1)

Portuguese (1)

Old English (1)

Polish (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Latin (1)

Frankish (1)

Medieval Latin (1)