Knit
/nɪt/noun
To join or interlock by looping yarn or thread, or to draw together tightly.
Did you know?Knit comes from a Germanic root meaning “to knot” or “bind,” and it’s part of the same ancient family as words for knots, nets, and binding actions across Indo-European languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gneud-
“to knot, bind, or twist”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*knutą / *knītaną
“a knot; to tie or fasten”
Old English
Old English
cnyttan
“to tie, bind, or fasten with a knot”
Middle English
Middle English
knitten
“to tie, fasten, or join together”
Modern English
English
knit
“to make fabric by interlocking loops of yarn; to join closely”