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語源

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.

{Cognate with Old Frisian knē, Old Saxon knio, Old High German knio, Old Norse kné, Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 (kniu); as well as Sanskrit जानु (jānu), Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬏𐬨 (žnūm), Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), Albanian gju, Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu), and Latin genu.

発音

• IPA: /kne͜oːw/
• 韻: -e͜oːw

名詞

cnēow n

1. (anatomy) knee
   • Hīe sǣton on cnēowum ― they sat on their knees.
   • Wonders of the East

     On sumon lande beoð menn akende ðā beoþ on lenge six fotmǣla lange. Hī habbað beardas ōþ cnēow sīde ⁊ feax ōð hēlan.

     In a certain land, mebn are born that are six feet in height. They have beards down to of their knees and hair down to their heels.

2. a generation; relationship
   • On ānum cnēowe ― in one generation.

語形変化

Strong a-stem:

派生した語

• 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