Where does “knytnäve” come from?
knytnäve (Swedish) comes from Swedish näve, from Swedish rätt, from Middle Low German rât, from Old Saxon rāt, from Proto-West Germanic rād, from Proto-Germanic rēdaz, from Proto-Indo-European Hréh₁dʰos, from Proto-Indo-European Hreh₁dʰ- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
knytnäve (Swedish): a fist
Definitions
- a fist
Ancestry of “knytnäve”, step by step
knytnäve traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish näve
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | näve | hand; handful; as much as the hand will grasp or... |
| 2 | Swedish | rätt | right, correct; rightly, correctly; rather,... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | rât | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | rāt | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | rād | advice, counsel |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaz | advice, counsel |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | Hréh₁dʰos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Swedish knyta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | knyta | to tie; to go to sleep |
| 2 | Old Swedish | knyta | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | knýta | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | knuttijaną | to bind into a knot; to tie with a knot |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |