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