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Indo-European etymology :
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Proto-IE: *gnewǝ-
Meaning: to crush
Slavic: *gnjāvītī
Russ. meaning: давить
References: WP I 580 f
Comments: Similar (not derived!) root forms are *gneup- (-b-), *gnet- (-d-), *gneug'-. Cf. also such a situation in *knewǝ- 'to press' with "related" knap- (-b-), *kneit- (-d-), etc. (there are many similar root forms in Germ and Balt). But there is no evidence of IE roots *g[e]n- 'to press' or *k[e]n- 'to scratch'.
piet-meaning,piet-slav,piet-germ,piet-rusmean,piet-refer,piet-comment,
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Germanic etymology :
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Proto-Germanic: *knūwian- vb., *knū́wēn
Meaning: crush, press
Old Norse: knǖja (prt. knīδa, knūδa) wk. `klemmen, prügeln, schlagen'; knūi m. `Knochel'
Norwegian: knua vb.; knue, knuve
Swedish: knoga `geizig sein'; dial. knoa `mit den Fingerknöcheln drücken'; knoge
Danish: kno(e)
Old English: cnūwian `im Mörser zerstossen'
East Frisian: knōjen `drücken'
Middle Dutch: cnauen `zermahlen, zermalmen'
Dutch: knoeien `pfuschen'
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