Where does “hné” come from?
hné (Icelandic) comes from Icelandic kné, from Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic knewą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.
hné (Icelandic): a knee
Ancestry of “hné”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Icelandic | kné | a knee |
| 2 | Old Norse | kné | knee |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | knewą | knee |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵnéwo- | knee |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵónu | knee |