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

Definitions

  1. a knee

Ancestry of “hné”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandicknéa knee
2Old Norseknéknee
3Proto-Germanicknewąknee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéwo-knee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

Words derived from “hné”

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