Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—K

Knee

Greek, gonu; Latin, genu; French, genou, Sanskrit, janu; Saxon, cneow German, knie, English, knee.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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