Where does “kna” come from?

kna (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Swedish knåda, from Old Swedish knodha, from Old Norse knoða, from Proto-Germanic knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European gnét-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵen-.

kna (Norwegian Bokmål): to knead

Definitions

  1. to knead

Ancestry of “kna”, step by step

kna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish knåda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishknådato knead
2Old Swedishknodha—
3Old Norseknoða—
4Proto-Germanicknudanąto knead
5Proto-Indo-Europeangnét-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵen-—

via Proto-Malayic *kəna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayic*kəna—
2Proto-Austronesian*kəNa—

Words derived from “kna”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gnét- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knudaną →