Where does “Kniebeuge” come from?

Kniebeuge (German) comes from German knie, from Middle High German knie, from Old High German kneo, from Proto-West Germanic kneu, from Proto-Germanic knewą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

Kniebeuge (German): squat

Definitions

  1. squat

Ancestry of “Kniebeuge”, step by step

Kniebeuge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German knie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknieinflection of knien: ## first-person singular...
2Middle High Germanknieknee
3Old High Germankneoknee
4Proto-West Germanickneuknee
5Proto-Germanicknewąknee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéwo-knee
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

via German Beuge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanBeugebend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knewą →