Where does “kneading” come from?
Kneading derives from Old English cnēdan plus the Old English suffix -ing, tracing back through Proto-Germanic *kneuwaną to Proto-Indo-European *gen-, meaning to produce or beget.
kneading (English): present participle of knead; The process by which...
Definitions
- present participle of knead; The process by which...
Ancestry of “kneading”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | knedynge | kneading, compression |
| 2 | Middle English | kneden | To knead; to blend together into a... |
| 3 | Old English | cnedan | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | knedan | to knead |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | knudaną | to knead |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gnét- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵen- | — |
Words derived from “kneading”