hnífur
Icelandic
/ˈn̥iːvʏr/
noun
Definitions
- knife
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse knífr (knife) inherited from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (knife).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*knībaz
Gloss
knife
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
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
- kniv Danish
- cnivet Old French
- borð Icelandic
- borðhnífur Icelandic
- brauð Icelandic
- brauðhnífur Icelandic
- dós Icelandic
- dósahnífur Icelandic
- dúkahnífur Icelandic
- dúkur Icelandic
- eldhús Icelandic
- eldhúshnífur Icelandic
- hnífasmiður Icelandic
- hnífasmíði Icelandic
- kaka Icelandic
- kökuhnífur Icelandic
- ostahnífur Icelandic
- ostur Icelandic
- pennahnífur Icelandic
- penni Icelandic
- raka Icelandic
- rakhnífur Icelandic
- smiður Icelandic
- smjör Icelandic
- smjörhnífur Icelandic
- smíði Icelandic
- steik Icelandic
- steikarhnífur Icelandic
- vasahnífur Icelandic
- vasi 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