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Where does “cnedan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “cnedan”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cnedan”

  • kneading
  • knead
  • kneader
  • kneadable
  • kneadeth
  • kneadest
  • kneadingly
  • knedi
  • kneden
  • kneder
  • knedynge
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