Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knewą

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (specifically the oblique stem *ǵnéw-).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkne.wɑ̃/

Noun

*knewą n

knee

Inflection

neuter a-stemDeclension of *knewą (neuter a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*knewą	*knewō
vocative	*knewą	*knewō
accusative	*knewą	*knewō
genitive	knewas, kniwis	*knewǫ̂
dative	*kniwai	*knewamaz
instrumental	*knewō	*knewamiz

Derived terms

*knewô

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *kneu
- Old English: cnēow, cnēo
  - Middle English: kne, knewe, knee, knew, know; kneo, cneowe, cneo
    - English: knee
    - Scots: kne, kney, knie
    - Yola: konnee
- Old Frisian: kniu, knī, knē
  - Saterland Frisian: Knie
  - ⇒ Old Frisian: knībola, knēbolla
    - Saterland Frisian: Kniebel
    - West Frisian: knibbel
- Old Saxon: knio, kneo, kniu
  - Middle Low German: knê
    - Low German:
      - German Low German: Kneei
      - Westphalian:
        Ravensbergisch: Knåi
        Sauerländisch: Knai, Knoi, Knaue, Knī
        Westmünsterländisch: Knee
    - Plautdietsch: Kjnee
- Old Dutch: *cnio
  - Middle Dutch: cnie
    - Dutch: knie
      - Afrikaans: knie
    - Limburgish: kneen (plural reanalysed as singular)
- Old High German: kneo, kniu, knio, chniu, chneo
  - Middle High German: knie
    - Alemannic German: Chnüüw
    - Cimbrian: khnia
    - German: Knie
    - Luxembourgish: Knéi
    - Vilamovian: kni
    - Yiddish: קני (kni)
Old Norse: kné
- Icelandic: kné, hné
- Faroese: knæ
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kne; (dialectal) ne, (h)nje
- Old Swedish: knǣ
  - Swedish: knä
- Old Danish: knæ
  - Danish: knæ
    - Norwegian Bokmål: kne
- Gutnish: knei
Gothic: 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu)