kne
Middle English
/knøː/, /kneː/
noun
Definitions
- knee
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cnēo (generation) inherited from *kneu inherited from Proto-Germanic *knewą inherited 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
- aknee English
- knee English
- knee-breeches English
- knee-deep English
- knee-high English
- knee-jerk English
- kneeband English
- kneebar English
- kneeboard English
- kneebound English
- kneebuckle English
- kneecap English
- kneeful English
- kneegrow English
- kneehole English
- kneejoint English
- kneejointed English
- kneel English
- kneeless English
- kneelet English
- kneelike English
- kneepan English
- kneepiece English
- kneeprint English
- kneeroom English
- kneesie English
- kneesies English
- kneetop English
- midknee English
- overknee English
- pushknee English
- geniculum Latin
- genū Latin
- γνύξ Ancient Greek
- γωνία Ancient Greek
- *oḱtṓw Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵnéw-o-m Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵnéwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵónu Proto-Indo-European
- *knewą Proto-Germanic
- *knussijaną Proto-Germanic
- cneo Old English
- cneorim Old English
- cneoris Old English
- cneow Old English
- cnēo Old English
- cnēow Old English
- knelek Middle English
- lek Middle English
- kné Old Norse
- chniu Old High German
- kneo Old High German
- 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 Gothic
- *kneu gmw-pro
- *cnio Old Dutch
- *genwā Proto-Celtic
- *glūnos Proto-Celtic
- *gnūnos Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́ā́nu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- knio Old Saxon
- *genū Proto-Italic
- *gluna Proto-Albanian
- *gónu Proto-Hellenic
- 𒄀𒉡 Hittite
- *kenwäi Proto-Tocharian