Etymograph

English

interknit

From inter- + knit.

Formed from inter- + knit

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér ‘between’

Proto-Italic *n̥ter ‘between’

Latin inter ‘between’

English inter-

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

Today it means

verb To knit together; to unite closely; to intertwine.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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