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Old English
Etymology
From earlier cnēo, with the w of the oblique forms and the long diphthong of the endingless forms generalized throughout the paradigm. Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.
Germanic cognates: Old Frisian knē, Old Saxon knio, Old High German knio, Old Norse kné, Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu).
Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit जानु (jānu), Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬏𐬨 (žnūm), Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), Albanian gju, Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu), Latin genu.
Pronunciation
Noun
cnēow n
- (anatomy) knee
- Hīe sǣton on cnēowum ― they sat on their knees.
- a generation; relationship
- On ānum cnēowe ― in one generation.
Declension
Declension of cnēow (strong a-stem)
Descendants