Where does “kne” come from?

kne (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic knewą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

kne (Norwegian Nynorsk): a knee

Definitions

  1. a knee

Ancestry of “kne”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kne”

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