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knife
a word from vocabulary
English
by
Anthony Grant
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Word form
knife
LWT meaning(s)
the knife(1)
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Proto-Germanic [13] (-500–-100)
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
3. perhaps borrowed
Comments
Possibly a loan into English from Old Norse.
Source words
knifr
'knife'
Old Norse
Effect
Replacement
Salience
Present in pre-contact environment
Contact situation
Old Norse contact [13]
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