kneo

Middle English

Noun

kneo

Alternative form of kne

Old High German

Alternative forms

kniu, knio, chniu, chneo

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare Old Saxon knio, Old English cnēo, Old Norse kné, Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu).

Noun

kneo n

knee

Descendants

Middle High German: knie
- Alemannic German: Chnüüw
- Cimbrian: khnia
- German: Knie
- Luxembourgish: Knéi
- Vilamovian: kni
- Yiddish: קני‎ (kni)

Old Saxon

Noun

kneo n

Alternative form of knio

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