kne

See also: KNe, -kne, kné, and Kné

Middle English

Alternative forms

knewe, knee, knew, know
(early) kneo, cneowe, cneo

Etymology

From Anglian Old English cnēo (West Saxon cnēow is continued in knew), from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).

Pronunciation

(Early ME) IPA^(key): /knøː/, /knøw/
IPA^(key): /kneː/, /kniu̯/
Rhymes: -eː

Noun

kne (plural knes or kneen)

knee

Descendants

English: knee
Scots: kne, kney, knie
Yola: konnee

References

“knẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”).

Noun

kne n (definite singular kneet, indefinite plural kne or knær, definite plural knea or knærne, genitive knes)

(anatomy) a knee (joint in the leg)

Derived terms

knelang

References

“kne” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kné, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu (“knee”). Akin to English knee.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kneː/

Noun

kne n (definite singular kneet, indefinite plural kne, definite plural knea)

(anatomy) a knee (joint in the leg)

Derived terms

knea (verb)
knelang

References

“kne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

enk, ken, nek

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