"knaw" meaning in All languages combined

See knaw on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: knaws [present, singular, third-person], knawing [participle, present], knawed [participle, past], knawed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past and past participle knawed)
  1. Archaic spelling of gnaw. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: gnaw
    Sense id: en-knaw-en-verb-IrVqDdu9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Middle Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 57 6 35 1 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: knaws [present, singular, third-person], knawing [participle, present], knawed [past], knawn [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb||||knawn}} knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past knawed, past participle knawn)
  1. Nonstandard form of know. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: know
    Sense id: en-knaw-en-verb-gvj9KOgQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} knaw
  1. Alternative form of knave Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: knave
    Sense id: en-knaw-enm-noun-S1NxZDeI Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with 3 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 22 6 68 2 2

Noun [Middle Welsh]

IPA: /knau̯/ Forms: kneu [plural], knouein [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], knaw [mutation, mutation-radical], gnaw [mutation, soft], knaw / chnaw [mutation, mutation-nasal], chnaw [mutation, mutation-aspirate]
Etymology: Probably borrowed from Old Irish cnáim (“bone”), but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Celtic *knāmis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “tibia”) and English ham. Etymology templates: {{bor|wlm|sga|cnáim|t=bone}} Old Irish cnáim (“bone”), {{der|wlm|cel-pro|*knāmis}} Proto-Celtic *knāmis, {{der|wlm|ine-pro|*kónh₂m|t=leg}} Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”), {{cog|grc|κνήμη||tibia}} Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “tibia”), {{cog|en|ham}} English ham Head templates: {{head|wlm|noun|plural|kneu|or|knouein|g=m}} knaw m (plural kneu or knouein) Inflection templates: {{wlm-mutation|k|naw}}
  1. bone Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Bones
    Sense id: en-knaw-wlm-noun-yNrPZX~p Disambiguation of Bones: 61 39
  2. skull Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-knaw-wlm-noun-jBpkpRWL

Inflected forms

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