knead

*gen- (Proto-Indo-European)

to pinch, squeeze, bend, press together, ball3, to pinch, squeeze, bend, press, ball up

*gn̥t- (Proto-Indo-European)

*gnet- (Proto-Indo-European)

*knudaną (Proto-Germanic)

To knead.

cnedan (Old English)

kneden (Middle English)

knead (English)

(intransitive, of cats) To make an alternating pressing motion with the two front paws.. (transitive) To mix thoroughly; form into a homogeneous compound.. (transitive, figuratively) To treat or form as if by kneading; to beat.. (transitive) To work and press into a mass, usually with the hands; especially, to work, as by repeated pressure with the knuckles, into a well mixed mass, the [...]