Etymology

knitwear

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Today it means: knitted garments Full definition →

English wear ← Middle English weren ← Old English werian
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gnod-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵónu
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ǵnu-tonder.?
  4. Proto-Germanic*knuttô
  5. Proto-Germanic*knuttijaną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*knuttijan
  7. Old Englishcnyttan
  8. Middle Englishknytten
  9. Englishknit
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wes-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*woséyeti
  12. Proto-Germanic*wazjaną
  13. Proto-West Germanic*waʀjan
  14. Old Englishwerian
  15. Middle Englishweren
  16. Englishwear
  17. English todayknitwear

From knit + -wear.

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