Where does “kné” come from?

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

kné (Westrobothnian): A knee

Definitions

  1. A knee

Ancestry of “kné”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseknéknee
2Proto-Germanicknewąknee
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéwo-knee
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéwo- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knewą →
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