Where does “cnie” come from?

cnie (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch cnio, from Proto-West Germanic kneu, from Proto-Germanic knewą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

cnie (Middle Dutch): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “cnie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchcnioknee
2Proto-West Germanickneuknee
3Proto-Germanicknewąknee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéwo-knee
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

Words derived from “cnie”

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