1. ǵenu-, ǵneu-
knee, joint
Reflexes - Pokorny
| Language | Reflex(es) | Gloss | Grammar | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Old English | cnēo(w) | knee | n.str.neut | GED LRC |
| Old English | cnēowlian | to kneel | vb.wk | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | knee | knee | n | W7 LRC |
| Middle English | knelen | to kneel | vb | W7 LRC |
| English | diagonal | re: two nonadjacent vertices of polygonal figure | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | geniculate | bent at angle, like bent knee | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | genuflect | to bend knee, e.g. in worship | vb.intrans | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | -gon | closed figure having angles/vertices | n.sfx | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | goniometer | instrument for measuring angles | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | gonion | point where lower jaw angles upward | n | AHD LRC |
| English | knee | joint in middle part of (esp. human) leg | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | kneel, knelt | to bend knee, fall/rest on knee(s) | vb.wk.intrans | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | orthogonal | mutually perpendicular | adj | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | polygonum | knotgrass | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| English | pycnogonid | sea spider | n | AHD W7 LRC |
| West Germanic | ||||
| Old Frisian | knē, knī, kniu | knee | n.str.neut | GED LRC |
| Dutch | knie | knee | n.fem | ASD LRC |
| Old Saxon | kneo, knio | knee | n.str.neut | GED LRC |
| Old High German | chniu | knee | n.str.neut | GED LRC |
| Old High German | kneo, kniu | knee | n.neut | W7 ASD LRC |
| Middle High German | knie | knee | n.neut | ASD LRC |
| German | Knie | knee | n.neut | ASD LRC |
| North Germanic | ||||
| Old Norse | kné | knee | n.neut | LRC |
| Old Icelandic | knē | knee | n.str.neut | GED LRC |
| Icelandic | knē | knee | n.neut | ASD LRC |
| Danish | knæ | knee | n.neut | ASD LRC |
| Swedish | knä | knee | n.neut | ASD LRC |
| East Germanic | ||||
| Gothic | *kniu | knee | n.neut | GED LRC |
| Italic | ||||
| Latin | diagonalis | from angle to angle | adj | W7 LRC |
| Latin | geniculatus | with nodules, bent | adj | W7 LRC |
| Latin | geniculum | nodule, little knee | n.neut | W7 LRC |
| Latin | genū | knee | n.neut | GED LRC |
| Latin | orthogonius | orthogonal, with straigth angles | adj | W7 LRC |
| Late Latin | genuflecto, genuflectere | to kneel | vb | W7 LRC |
| New Latin | -gonum | of angles | n.sfx | W7 LRC |
| New Latin | polygonum | (genus name for) knotgrass | n.neut | W7 LRC |
| Middle French | orthogonal | orthogonal, with straight angles | adj | W7 LRC |
| Hellenic | ||||
| Greek | γνύξ | on one's knees | adj | GED LRC |
| Greek | γνύ-πετος | sinking to one's knees | adj | GED LRC |
| Greek | γόνῠ | knee | n.neut | LRC |
| Greek | gōnia | angle | n.fem | W7 LRC |
| Greek | -gōnon | side | afx | W7 LRC |
| Greek | diagōnios | from angle to angle | adj | W7 LRC |
| Greek | orthogōnios | orthogonal, with straight angles | adj | W7 LRC |
| Greek | polygonon | knotgrass | n.neut | W7 LRC |
| Greek | πρό-χνυ | on one's knees | adj | GED LRC |
| Anatolian | ||||
| Hittite | genu | knee | n | LRC |
| Armenian | ||||
| Classical Armenian | cunr | knee | n | LRC |
| Indo-Iranian | ||||
| Middle Persian | zānūk | knee | n | GED LRC |
| New Persian | zānū | knee | n | GED LRC |
| Avestan | fra-šnuš | with bent knee | adj | GED LRC |
| Avestan | žanva | knees | n.pl | GED LRC |
| Sanskrit | jā́nu | knee | n.masc | GED ASD LRC |
| Sanskrit | jñu-bā́dh- | bending the knees | adj | GED LRC |
| Sanskrit | pra-jñuṣ | with bent knee | adj | GED LRC |
| Tocharian | ||||
| Tocharian B | kenīne | (two) knees | n.du | GED LRC |
| Tocharian A | kanweṃ | (two) knees | n.du | GED LRC |