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

  1. To work and press into a mass, usually with the...

Ancestry of “knead”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishknedenTo knead; to blend together into a...
2Old Englishcnedanto knead
3Proto-West Germanicknedanto knead
4Proto-Germanicknudanąto knead
5Proto-Indo-Europeangnét-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵen-—

Words derived from “knead”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gnét- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knudaną →
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