Proto-Indo-European

*ǵónu

‘knee’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.

26 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu, most familiar first.

• knit ← knytten ← cnyttan ← *knuttijan ← *knuttijaną
• knitting ← knyttynge ← knytten ← cnyttan ← *knuttijan
• gon ← γωνία ← *gonwía ← *gónu
• kneel ← knelen ← cnēowlian ← cnēow ← *kneu
• knitter ← knytter ← knytten ← cnyttan ← *knuttijan
• genu
• geniculate ← geniculātus ← geniculum ← genū ← *genu
• goniometer ← μέτρον ← γωνίᾱ ← *gonwía ← *gónu
• genual ← genuālis ← genū ← *genu
• geniculum ← genū ← *genu
• goniometric ← goniometer ← μέτρον ← γωνίᾱ ← *gonwía
• goniometry ← μέτρον ← γωνίᾱ ← *gonwía ← *gónu

More words from *ǵónu

• goniotomy
• gonodactyloid
• gonyleptoid
• gonyalgia
• gonycampsis
• gonitis
• gonycrotesis
• gonyoncus
• hexacontagon
• photogoniometer
• radiogoniometry
• radiogoniometer
• rheogoniometer
• rheogoniometry

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu