Where does “kné” come from?

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

kné (Old Norse): knee

Definitions

  1. knee

Ancestry of “kné”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicknewąknee
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéwo-knee
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

Words derived from “kné”

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