English
knitwise
From knit + -wise.
Formed from knit + -wise
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
adv By knitting, not purling.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / knitwise