Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian kniu, Old Saxon knio, Dutch knie, Old High German kneo (German Knie), Old Norse kné (Swedish knä, Danish knæ), Gothic 𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌿 ‎(kniu).

Indo-European cognates: Sanskrit जानु ‎(jānu), Avestan [script needed] ‎(žnūm-), Old Armenian ծունր ‎(cunr), Albanian gju, Ancient Greek γόνυ ‎(gónu), Latin genu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kneːo/