Where does “unknit” come from?
unknit (English) comes from Middle English unknitten, from Old English uncnyttan, from Old English cnyttan, from Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan, from Proto-Germanic knuttijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
unknit (English): To unravel; To undo knitted stitches by reversing...
Definitions
- To unravel; To undo knitted stitches by reversing...
Ancestry of “unknit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | unknitten | — |
| 2 | Old English | uncnyttan | to unknot, untie |
| 3 | Old English | cnyttan | to tie; bind; to knot; to knit |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *knuttijan | to bind into a knot, tie with a knot |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | knuttijaną | to bind into a knot; to tie with a knot |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |