genu
Latin
noun
Definitions
- knee
- elbow
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *genū 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
- genu English
- Genova Finnish
- Genua Latin
- geniculum Latin
- genū Latin
- Genua German
- Genova Hungarian
- Genova Italian
- genovese Italian
- Genua Dutch, Flemish
- γνύξ Ancient Greek
- γωνία Ancient Greek
- γόνυ Ancient Greek
- πολύγονον Ancient Greek
- ἐπιγονατίς Ancient Greek
- *oḱtṓw Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵnéwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵónu Proto-Indo-European
- Genova Norwegian Bokmål
- Génova Portuguese
- *knewą Proto-Germanic
- *knussijaną Proto-Germanic
- Genua Swedish
- ジェノヴァ Japanese
- Genua Polish
- Genova Norwegian Nynorsk
- cneow Old English
- जानु Sanskrit
- Genova Danish
- Ĝenovo Esperanto
- Γένοβα Greek (modern)
- γόνατο Greek (modern)
- γόνυ Greek (modern)
- Cenova Turkish
- *kneu gmw-pro
- *genwā Proto-Celtic
- *glūnos Proto-Celtic
- *gnūnos Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́ā́nu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *genū Proto-Italic
- *ȷ́ā́nu Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *gluna Proto-Albanian
- ஜாநு Tamil
- *gónu Proto-Hellenic
- 𒄀𒉡 Hittite
- *kenwäi Proto-Tocharian