cnie

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *cnio, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą.

Noun

cnie n or f

  1. knee

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants
  • Dutch: knie
  • Limburgish: kneen (plural reanalysed as singular)

Further reading
  • “cnie”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “cnie (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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