kniv
Danish
/kniːv/
noun
Definitions
- knife
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse knífr (knife) inherited from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (knife) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ- (pinch).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gneybʰ-
Gloss
pinch
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *gneybʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- kniv Norwegian Bokmål
- *knībaz Proto-Germanic
- kniv Norwegian Nynorsk
- cnif Old English
- cnīf Old English
- knífr Old Norse
- brød Danish
- brødkniv Danish
- knivspids Danish
- schweizer Danish
- schweizerkniv Danish
- spids Danish
- urte Danish
- urtekniv Danish
- cnivet Old French
- hnífur Icelandic
- knívur Faroese
- knîp Middle High German
- *knīb gmw-pro
- *knīf Old Dutch
- knīpen Middle Low German
- *knīf Old Saxon
- *nijpē Proto-Samic
- kniver Old Swedish
- kniver, knīver Old Swedish
- *knīb, *knīf Frankish
- Knif North Frisian
- canivet Old Catalan