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Knie.

knee

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/kniː/singular[ˈkniːə]alternative, dated, dative, singular[ˈkniːə]plural[kniː]plural

  1. knee

    neuter · strong
Where this word comes from

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).

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