Where does “hnesċan” come from?

hnesċan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic hnaskwōn, from Proto-Indo-European knēs-.

Ancestry of “hnesċan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanichnaskwōnto make soft, tender; to grind, crush
2Proto-Indo-Europeanknēs-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European knēs- →Every word from Proto-West Germanic hnaskwōn →