Where does “knä” come from?

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

knä (Swedish): knee; the joint between the thigh and the lower...

Definitions

  1. knee; the joint between the thigh and the lower...

Ancestry of “knä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseknéknee
2Proto-Germanicknewąknee
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéwo-knee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

Words derived from “knä”

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