Where does “knees” come from?

Knee comes from Middle English kne, Old English cnēo, Proto-West Germanic kneu, Proto-Germanic knewą, and Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu meaning the joint of the leg.

knees (English): plural of knee; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of knee; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “knees”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkneeIn humans, the joint or the region of the joint...
2Middle EnglishknēThe knee or a similar joint in other animals
3Old Englishcnēogeneration
4Proto-West Germanickneuknee
5Proto-Germanicknewąknee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéwo-knee
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

Words derived from “knees”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knewą →