beknit
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To knit.
- (transitive) To girdle or encircle.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *beknitten inherited from Old English becnyttan (bind, knit around, tie up, surround, tie around) prefix from English knit.
Origin
English
knit
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- enknit English
- handknit English
- inknit English
- interknit English
- knit English
- knitaholic English
- knitalong English
- knitathon English
- knitback English
- knitbone English
- knitlike English
- knitster English
- knittability English
- knittable English
- knitter English
- knittest English
- knitteth English
- knitting English
- knitwear English
- knitwise English
- knitwork English
- outknit English
- reknit English
- tight-knit English
- tightknit English
- unknit English
- ニット Japanese
- becnyttan Old English
- cnyttan Old English
- *beknitten Middle English
- knitten Middle English
- cniotáil Irish
- nitha Xhosa