English

inknit

Inknit comes from Middle English inknitten.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from in- + knit

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Germanic *knuttô ‘a knot’

Proto-Germanic *knuttijaną ‘to bind into a knot’

Proto-West Germanic *knuttijan ‘to bind into a knot, tie with a knot’

Old English cnyttan ‘to tie’

Middle English knytten ‘to attach or close with a knot’

English knit

Every English word from Middle English inknitten

verb —

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