knie
Dutch (Brabantic)
/kni/
noun
Definitions
- A knee.
- (chiefly) A kneeing, a prod or blow with the knee.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch cnie inherited from Old Dutch *cnio inherited from *kneu inherited from Proto-Germanic *knewą 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
- Knie German
- Kniegelenk German
- Kniekehle German
- Kniescheibe German
- beknien German
- knietief German
- broek Dutch, Flemish
- even Dutch, Flemish
- evenknie Dutch, Flemish
- kniebroek Dutch, Flemish
- kniekous Dutch, Flemish
- knielaars Dutch, Flemish
- knieviool Dutch, Flemish
- kous Dutch, Flemish
- laars Dutch, Flemish
- viool Dutch, Flemish
- γνύξ Ancient Greek
- γωνία Ancient Greek
- *oḱtṓw Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵnéw-o-m Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵnéwo- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵónu Proto-Indo-European
- *knewą Proto-Germanic
- *knussijaną Proto-Germanic
- cneo Old English
- cneow Old English
- cnēo Old English
- cnēow Old English
- kne Middle English
- kné Old Norse
- cnie Middle Dutch
- evencnie Middle Dutch
- chniu Old High German
- kneo Old High German
- knie Afrikaans
- knieg Afrikaans
- knie Middle High German
- kniu Middle High German
- Knéi Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 Gothic
- *kneu gmw-pro
- *cnio Old Dutch
- *genwā Proto-Celtic
- *glūnos Proto-Celtic
- *gnūnos Proto-Celtic
- khnia Cimbrian
- *ȷ́ā́nu Proto-Indo-Iranian
- knio Old Saxon
- Chnüüw Alemannic German
- *genū Proto-Italic
- *gluna Proto-Albanian
- *gónu Proto-Hellenic
- 𒄀𒉡 Hittite
- *kenwäi Proto-Tocharian