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Proto-IE: *g'enw-, *g'new-
Nostratic etymology: Nostratic etymology
Meaning: knee
Hittite: genu- / ganu- n. 'Knie', genussa-/i- 'Kniegelenk' (Tischler 552 f)
Tokharian: A kanwem, B keni (dual.) 'knee' (PT *kenwäi) (Adams 193)
Old Indian: jā́nu n. `knee', in compounds jñu-bādh-, abhi-jñú-, pra-jñu-
Avestan: žnūm, dat.-abl. pl. žnubyō 'Knie'
Other Iranian: MPers zānūk, NPers zānū 'Knie'
Armenian: cunr, pl. cunk-kh, gen. cng-ach
Old Greek: gónü, att. gónatos, ep., ion. gọ̄́natos n. `Knie; Glieder, Knoten an den Halmen', ignǘǟ f., *ignǘs (ignǘsi, ignǘōn, -ǘn) `Kniekehle', gnǘks `knielings'
Slavic: *zvēno ?
Germanic: *kniw-a- n., *kniw-ō f.
Latin: genū, -ūs `Knie'
Russ. meaning: колено
References: WP I 586 f
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