Neuter

Knie

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Basel-Landschaft

gnei

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/kniː/

Inherited from Middle High German

Inherited from Old High German

Cognate with Low German

Cognate with Dutch

Cognate with English

Cognate with Danish

Cognate with Swedish

Cognate with Hittite

Cognate with Latin

Cognate with Tokharian A

Cognate with Tokharian B

Cognate with Ancient Greek

Cognate with Classical Armenian

Cognate with Avestan

Cognate with Sanskrit

In summary

From Middle High German knie, from Old High German kneo, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą (compare Dutch knie, Low German Knee, 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).