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)

1. 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)

1. (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)

1. (anatomy) a knee (joint in the leg)

Derived terms

• knea (verb)
• knelang

References

• “kne” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• enk, ken, nek