- γόνυ
- γόνυGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `knee' (Il.); also `joint of plants' (Hdt.; cf. Strömberg Theophrastea 101).Other forms: Gen. (*γόνϜ-ατος \>) γόνατος, ep. Ion. γούνατος, ep. also γουνός (\< *γονϜ-ός), pl. γόνατα, γούνατα, ep. also γοῦναDerivatives: γονατώδης `with joints' (Thphr.); denom. γουνάζομαι `clasp the knees' (as suppliant) (Il.) with γούνασμα (Lyc.), γουνασμός (Eust.), also γουνόομαι `id.'; γονατόομαι `get joints' (Thphr.), γονατίζω `bend the knee' (Cratin.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [380] ǵenu, ǵonu `knee'Etymology: Old word for `knee'. Skt. jā́nu, Av. zānu-drājah-, MPers. zānūk (PIE. *o, long through Brugmann's law); Hitt. genu, Lat. genū , Toch. A kanw-eṃ, B kenīne `(both) knees' (du.), Arm. cun-r , pl. cun-g-k`; note the zero grade in Av. žnu-byas-čit_ (dat. pl.; cf. γνύ-ξ); from *ǵneu- (from the gen. *ǵneu-s), e.g. Goth. kniu (PGm. *kneu̯-a-, PIE. *ǵneu̯-o-. - On Hom. θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται Schwyzer Άντίδωρον 283ff. - Cf. ἰγνύη. On γνύξ (with πρόχνυ) and γωνία s.vv.Page in Frisk: 1,321
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.