Where does “Knielauf” come from?
Knielauf (English) comes from German Knielauf, from German knie, from Middle High German knie, from Old High German kneo, from Proto-West Germanic kneu, from Proto-Germanic knewą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.
Knielauf (English): A schema for the depiction of rapid movement found particularly in Archaic Greek and Etruscan art, in which one knee is depicted as being bent to the point of nearly touching the ground
Definitions
- A schema for the depiction of rapid movement found particularly in Archaic Greek and Etruscan art, in which one knee is depicted as being bent to the point of nearly touching the ground
Ancestry of “Knielauf”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Knielauf | Knielauf Archaic Greek and Etruscan schema for the depiction of running, with knee nearly touching the ground |
| 2 | German | knie | inflection of knien: ## first-person singular... |
| 3 | Middle High German | knie | knee |
| 4 | Old High German | kneo | knee |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kneu | knee |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | knewą | knee |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵnéwo- | knee |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónu | knee |