Where does “knæ” come from?

knæ (Danish) comes from Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic knewą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

knæ (Danish): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “knæ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseknéknee
2Proto-Germanicknewąknee
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéwo-knee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knewą →