Indo-European etymology : List with all references

Proto-IE: *k(')nē-

Meaning: to scratch, to scrape

Old Greek: -knái̯ō (dia-, apo-, ek-, kata-), att. knē̂n, knē̂sthai̯, 1 sg knō̂, 3 sg. knē̂i̯; knḗthō `schaben, kratzen; jucken', knē̂si-s ``das Kratzen, Jucken', knē̂(s)ma `id.', knēthmó-s `das Jucken', knē̂sti-s f. `Schabmesser, bes. Käsereibe', knēstḗr `Schabmesser', knē̂stro-n `brennende Pflanze, Daphne oleoides', knḗphǟ f. `Räude, Krätze'

Germanic: *xnō-ja- vb., *xnōw-ō(n-) f., *xnō-dV́-

Celtic: MIr cnāim `verzehre', ēcna `Verzehren', etc.; Cymr cnaif `Fliess', cneifio `tondere'; Corn kneu `Fliess'; Bret. kreon̄, Vannes kaneo `Fliess'

Russ. meaning: царапать, выскребать

References: WP I 390 f

Proto-Germanic: *xnōjan- vb., *xnōwō(n), *xnōdV́-

Meaning: cut, slot

IE etymology: IE etymology

Old Saxon: hnōa `Fuge'

Old High German: (h)nuot (9.Jh.) `Verbindung, Ritze, Fuge'; nuoen; (h)nuoa `Fuge' (8.Jh.)

Middle High German: nüejel, nüegel st. n. 'fug-, nutgobel' { nüejen `durch Schaben glätten, genau zusammenfügen' }; nuot st. f. 'zusammenfügung zweier bretter, fuge'

German: Nut f., Nute f.

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