cneow
Old English
noun
Definitions
- the knee
- a generation
Etymology
Inherited from *kneu inherited from Proto-Germanic *knewą derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (knee).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵónu
Gloss
knee
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
膝
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- genu English
- geniculum Latin
- genu Latin
- genū Latin
- γνύξ Ancient Greek
- γωνία Ancient Greek
- γόνυ Ancient Greek
- πολύγονον Ancient Greek
- ἐπιγονατίς Ancient Greek
- *oḱtṓw Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵnéw-o-m Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵnéwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵónu Proto-Indo-European
- kne Norwegian Bokmål
- *knewą Proto-Germanic
- *knussijaną Proto-Germanic
- knä Swedish
- kne Norwegian Nynorsk
- cneo Old English
- cnēo Old English
- cnēow Old English
- जानु Sanskrit
- kné Old Norse
- knæ Danish
- hné Icelandic
- kné Icelandic
- γόνατο Greek (modern)
- γόνυ Greek (modern)
- chniu Old High German
- kneo Old High German
- knæ Faroese
- gju Albanian
- 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 Gothic
- *kneu gmw-pro
- *cnio Old Dutch
- *genwā Proto-Celtic
- *glūnos Proto-Celtic
- *gnūnos Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́ā́nu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- knio Old Saxon
- kné Westrobothnian
- *genū Proto-Italic
- *ȷ́ā́nu Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *gluna Proto-Albanian
- ஜாநு Tamil
- *gónu Proto-Hellenic
- 𒄀𒉡 Hittite
- *kenwäi Proto-Tocharian