Where does “cnēow” come from?

cnēow (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic kneu, from Proto-Germanic knewą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

cnēow (Old English): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “cnēow”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cnēow”

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