英语词汇kneel的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	kneel
词源	kneel v. Old English cneowlian "to kneel, fall on the knees," from Proto-Germanic knewljan (source also of Middle Low German knelen, Middle Dutch cnielen, Dutch knielen Gothic knussjan), from PIE root genu- (1) "knee; angle." Past tense knelt is a modern formation (19c.) on analogy of feel/felt, etc. Related: Kneeler; kneeling. Entries linking to kneel *genu- 1 Proto-Indo-European root meaning "knee; angle." It forms all or part of: agonic; decagon; diagonal; geniculate; genuflect; genuflection; -gon; goniometer; heptagon; hexagon; knee; kneel; octagon; orthogonal; pentagon; polygon; trigonometry. It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit janu, Avestan znum, Hittite genu "knee;" Greek gony "knee," gōnia "corner, angle;" Latin genu "knee;" Old English cneo, cneow "knee." knelt past tense and past participle of kneel (v.). updated on May 11, 2017
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