glúin
Irish (Donegal)
/ɡl̪ˠuːnʲ/, /ɡluːn/, /ɡlˠuːnʲ/
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) knee
- generation
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish glún inherited from Proto-Celtic *gnūnos 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
- *ǵnéwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵónu Proto-Indo-European
- *knewą Proto-Germanic
- *knussijaną Proto-Germanic
- kne Middle English
- glin Welsh
- pen-lin Welsh
- glún Old Irish
- glùn Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- glioon Manx
- *genwā Proto-Celtic
- *glūnos Proto-Celtic
- *gnūnos Proto-Celtic
- *ȷ́ā́nu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *genū Proto-Italic
- glin Breton
- *gluna Proto-Albanian
- *glin Proto-Brythonic
- *gónu Proto-Hellenic
- 𒄀𒉡 Hittite
- *kenwäi Proto-Tocharian