Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kneu

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knewą.

Noun

*kneu n^[1]

knee

Inflection

Neuter wa-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*kneu
Genitive	*knewas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*kneu	*kneu
Accusative	*kneu	*kneu
Genitive	*knewas	*knewō
Dative	*knewē	*kneum
Instrumental	*kneu	*kneum

Descendants

Old English: cnēow, cnēo
- Middle English: kne, knee, knew, knewe, know, kneo, kneow (West Midland), cneo, cneow, cnoe (early West Midland)
  - English: knee
  - Middle Scots: kne, kney, knie
    - Scots: knee
  - Yola: konnee
Old Frisian: kniu, knī, knē
- Saterland Frisian: Knie
- ⇒ Old Frisian: knībola, knēbolla
  - Saterland Frisian: Kniebel
  - West Frisian: knibbel
Old Saxon: knio, kneo, kniu
- Middle Low German: knê
  - Low German: Knee, Knie
    - German Low German: Kneei
    - Westphalian:
      Ravensbergisch: Knåi
      Sauerländisch: Knai, Knoi, Knaue, Knī
      Westmünsterländisch: Knee
  - Plautdietsch: Kjnee
Old Dutch: *cnio
- Middle Dutch: cnie
  - Dutch: knie
    - Afrikaans: knie
  - Limburgish: kneen (plural reanalysed as singular)
Old High German: kneo, kniu, knio, chniu, chneo
- Middle High German: knie
  - Alemannic German: Chnüüw
  - Cimbrian: khnia
  - German: Knie
  - Luxembourgish: Knéi
  - Vilamovian: kni
  - Yiddish: קני (kni)

References

^ Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387: “PWGmc *kneu”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014), The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 387: “PWGmc *kneu”

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