Where does “knead” come from?
Knead comes from Middle English kneden, from Old English cnedan, from Proto-West Germanic knedan, from Proto-Germanic knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European gnet-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gen-.
knead (English): To work and press into a mass, usually with the...
Definitions
- To work and press into a mass, usually with the...
Ancestry of “knead”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | kneden | To knead; to blend together into a... |
| 2 | Old English | cnedan | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | knedan | to knead |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | knudaną | to knead |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gnét- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵen- | — |
Words derived from “knead”