Etymology Explorer › Old Norse

Where does “knoða” come from?

knoða (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European gnét-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵen-.

Ancestry of “knoða”, step by step

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

Words derived from “knoða”

  • kna
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵen- →