Where does “knit” come from?
Knit comes from Middle English knitten, from Old English cnyttan, from Proto-Germanic knuttijaną and knuttô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gnod- with the suffix -yeti.
knit (English): To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by...
Definitions
- To turn thread or yarn into a piece of fabric by...
Ancestry of “knit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | knytten | To connect or secure; to join something to... |
| 2 | Old English | cnyttan | to tie; bind; to knot; to knit |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | *knuttijan | to bind into a knot, tie with a knot |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | knuttijaną | to bind into a knot; to tie with a knot |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |