Reconstruction:Old Dutch/cnio

This Old Dutch 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.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą.

Noun

*cnio n

1. knee

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: cnie
  • Dutch: knie
    • Afrikaans: knie
  • Limburgish: kneen (plural reanalysed as singular)

Further reading

• “knio”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012