Meaning
In humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéw-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwom Proto-Germanic *knewą Proto-West Germanic *kneu Old English cnēo Middle English kne English knee Inherited from Middle English kne, from Old English cnēow, from Proto-West Germanic *kneu, from Proto-Germanic *knewą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéw-o-m, a thematic derivative of *ǵónu. See also West Frisian knibbel, Low German Knee, Knie, Dutch knie, German Knie, Danish knæ, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kne, Swedish knä; also Hittite 𒄀𒉡 (genu), Latin genū, Tocharian A kanweṃ (dual), Tocharian B kenī, Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”), γωνία (gōnía, “corner, angle”), Welsh glin (“knee”), Old Armenian ծունր (cunr), Avestan 𐬲𐬥𐬎𐬨 (žnum), Sanskrit जानु (jā́nu). The obsolete plural kneen is from Middle English kneen, knen, kneon, kneuwene.
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 19 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-08-26KCDEHNU
- 2026-07-24KEGINOV
- 2026-07-12KAEGINW
- 2026-04-03KALEDFN
- 2026-03-28NABEMKT
- 2025-11-14KANOBLE
- 2025-08-29KCOEDNU
- 2025-08-01NAKECHM
- 2025-06-21ECKHGIN
- 2025-05-11KPANDEC
- 2025-03-08KCNIELT
- 2024-12-04KAMDBEN
+7 earlier appearances in the archive.