English
knitalong
From knit + along.
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
Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos ‘long’
Proto-Germanic *langaz ‘long’
Proto-West Germanic *lang ‘long’
Old English lang ‘long’
Old English andlang
English along
Today it means
noun An event where people knit together, often all working from the same pattern.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / knitalong