different between knew vs knaw

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nyo?o, IPA^(key): /?nju?/
• (General American) enPR: no?o, IPA^(key): /?n(j)u/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophone: new

Verb

knew

1. simple past tense of know
2. (colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of know

Anagrams

• Wenk, Wnek

Middle English

Noun

knew

1. Alternative form of kne

English

Etymology 1

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Verb

knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past and past participle knawed)

1. Archaic spelling of gnaw.

Etymology 2

Verb

knaw (third-person singular simple present knaws, present participle knawing, simple past knawed, past participle knawn)

1. Nonstandard form of know.

Anagrams

• Kwan, kawn, wank

Middle English

Noun

knaw

1. Alternative form of knave

Middle Welsh

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Old Irish cnáim (“bone”), but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kn?mis, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh?m (“leg”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (kn?m?, “tibia”) and English ham.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /knau?/

Noun

knaw m (plural kneu or knouein)

1. bone
2. skull

Descendants

• ? Welsh: pencnaw (“end of a bone”)

Mutation

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “cnaw”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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