Knie

Bedeutung

knee

Geschlecht

Kastrieren

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/kniː/

Etymologie

From Middle High German knie, from Old High German kneo, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą (compare Low German Knee, Dutch knie, English knee, Danish knæ, Swedish knä), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwo-, a thematic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu. Compare Hittite 𒄀𒉡 (genu), Latin genū, Tocharian A kanweṃ (dual), Tocharian B kenī, Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬎𐬨 (žnum), Sanskrit जानु (jānu).

Sätze

Das wird nicht übers Knie gebrochen , das wird ordentlich beraten .

The matter will not be rushed, it will be properly discussed.