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Where does “knedan” come from?

knedan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic knedan, from Proto-Germanic knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European gnét-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵen-.

Ancestry of “knedan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicknedanto knead
2Proto-Germanicknudanąto knead
3Proto-Indo-Europeangnét-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵen-—

Words derived from “knedan”

  • kneedbom
  • kneden
  • cneden
  • cnēden
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