~ KN~  WORDS starting with KN point to a vast and
^u     FUNDAMENTAL concepts
      id+ | HARD  LUMP  HUMP  thus NOTICEABLE |
      id+ | HARD FACTS sustain KNOWLEDGE |
      id+ | TO KNOW IS TO CATCH FACTS as in NET |
      id+ | TO KNOW IS TO NETWORK TIE FASTEN FACTS |
      id+ | TO NET or CATCH including KNOWLEDGE |
     note extensive scope of related ideas inherent in
          KNOW KNOWLEDGE KNIT
     KNEE CLINE DECLINE INCLINE CLINIC
     NEXUS  ANNEX  CONNECT  CONNECTIVE
     NODE  NODULAR  NOOSE  DENOUEMENT
     KNOCK KNACK KNOB KNUCKLE
     KNAUT KNIGHT KNIFE KNAVE KNIGHT among other EXPRESSIONS
     note etymology is divided into sections which
          for clarity may be repetitive
     note KNIGHT implies POWER
     ukr  KNAZ  = KNIGHT PRINCE
          KNOPKA  KNOT BUTTON or POINT
          KNUT    KNOT or WHIP
          KNYHA   KNIT BOUND BOOK
     note         extensions in KNOW
                  KLAX   KNEE   KNIFE
                  KNOT  KNOCK  KICK  KNICK  NICK  KNUCKLE and
                  Germanic Slavic Arabic roots point to 
~ KNABEN  id+ | KNOB LIKE or YOUNG PREPUBERAL BOY |
~ KNACK   id+ | implies TO STRIKE or BLOW |
~ KNAG    id+ | implies KNOT or PEG |
~ KNAIPA  id+ | PUB  TAVERN in ukr and ger |
          id+ | GATHERING PLACE FOR KNAVES |
     ger   KNEIPE     = PUBLIC HOUSE
     ukr   KNAIPA       TAVERN  BAR
     arab   NAIB        TO PLAY
     sp     NAIPE       ROMAN STYLE PLAYIG CARDS
                        also implies FORTUNE  LUCK
~ KNAVE   id+ | PRONE TO BE FRAUDULENT |
          id+ | YOUNG SERVANT or YOUTH |
     implies VILLAIN  FRAUD as per
     fr   CANAILLE = KNAVE
     sp   CANALLA  = DESPICABLE
     note            extensions in
                     RASCAL  RAKE
~ KNAW  id+ | or GNAW |
~ KNEE  id+ | BEND and BULGE  GIBBOUS |
        note extensions toward THIGH BUTTOCK
     lit+ "WHERE BE YOUR GIBES NOW?       see> GIBUS
           YOUR GAMBOLS?"  from Hamlet    see> GAMBA
     contemplating the skull of           see> GAMBIT
     the Court Jester by SHAKESPEARE [#]  see> GAME
     gr      KHENEU      = BEND or BULGE as in
                           KNEE or ANKLE or
             KMENE         SHIN of the LEG
     med>     ~CNEMIUS     suffix for BULGE as in
     med GASTROCNEMIUS     STOMACH LIKE BULGING MUSCLE
     biol>   KNEE          BEND and
           ANKYLO          STIFF
     ukr     KOLINO        KNEE           sug> RECLINE
     sp      COLINA        HILL           sug> INCLINE
     gr      KLINEIN       TO SLOPE
             KLIMEIN       COUCH  BED  sug> CLIMB
     med>    CLINOID       BED SHAPED
             KLINIKA       CLINIC from
     gr      KLINIKOS      A BED
     med>    CLINIC        PERTAINING TO BED
     lat     CLINICUS      BEDRIDDEN PERSON
     med>    CLINICAL      BEDSIDE SCIENTIFIC DETACHED
                           ACTIVITY TO HELP DECLINING HEALTH
     gr      KLIMAX        LADDER
     med>    CLIMAX        RISING SENSATIONS
     note                  expansions toward TWIST
     eng     KINK          BEND
     gr      KHURTOS       TWIST  BEND or
     ukr     KHOROBA       DISEASE        sug> MALADY
     sp       JOROBA       HUMP           sug> MOUND
     ukr      HORB         HUMP          sug> BLOAT
     eng      HUMP         SWELL         sug> PEAK
     note                  extensions toward
                           INLINE DECLINE RECLINE
     gr      KAMPSAI       TO BEND  CURVED
             KHAMPE        WINDING eg RIVER a
     biol>   KHAMPE        CATERPILLAR MOVES BENDING
     gr      KAMPSIS       BENT
     biol>   CAMPODEA      INSECTS THAT BEND AS THEY MOVE
     sc>  ANAKAMPSIS       BENT LIGHT by being
                           REFRACTED or REFLECTED
     biol>  CAMPTOSORUS    BENDING FERNS
     med>   CAMPTODACTYLY  BENT DIGITS
     gr     CAMPONOTUS     BENDING BACK also
     biol>  CAMPONOTUS     GENDER OF ANTS
     note                  extensions from BENT or ARCHED
     sp     CAMARA          CHAMBER or
     eng    CAMERA          ACLOVE often under a
                           BENT or ARCHED CEILING
            CAMARADERIE     LODGE as per BROTHERHOOD
            COMRADE         SUPPORTER or
     sp     CAMARADA        FRIEND
     eng    CABARET         SMALL NIGHT CLUB
     sp     CABAN~A         RURAL CABIN or ABODE
     note                  expansions re BENDING or CURVING

     eng    CAMP           FIELD and to BIVOUAC as per
          ENCAMP           or
          DECAMP           LEAVE CAMP
            CAMPAMENTO     ENCAMPMENT
     eng    CAMPUS         FIELD or OPEN SPACE
            CAMPAIGN       EXPEDITION  DRIVE
     sp     CAMPAN~A       same and OPEN COUNTRY
            CAMPO          LARGE TREELESS FIELD
            SCAMP          RASCAL
     gr     KAMPE          JOIN and
            KMENE          HAM and SHIN
     note                  which point to
                           sug> GAMBIT and GAMBA
                           see> CLINIC for etymology
~ KNEAD   id+ | PRESS WITH KNEES or otherwise |
          hx> FORMERLY WASHING WAS DONE BY PRESSING
              BOARDS or STONES by KNEES or by STANDING
~ KNEIPE  id+ | ger for PUBLIC HOUSE |
          note roots in KNAIPA and NAIPE give above
~ KNELL   BELL SOUND or TOLLING BELL DENOTING DEATH or
          AN IMPENDING FUNERAL
~ KNIFE   TOOL FOR CUTTING
~ KNIGHT  id+ | ARMED WITH POWER or HONOR |
          note that formerly it implied
     sug> GENTELMAN  see> CABALLERO
     sug> CHIVALRY   sug> CHIVALROUS and more recently
              sug> CAVALIER
~ KNIGHTNOOD  id+ | BESTOWED BY KINGS |
              hx> A FEUDAL MEDIEVAL WESTERN
                  EUROPEAN RELIC
     WHEN THE ROMAN CHURCH ENDORSED
     CRUSADES AS A FORM OF HOLY WARS
     note CHIVALRY or its equivalent in English
          CAVALIER may imply
     note extensions related to ARMED and HONOR in
          RASCAL  ROGUE
     AIDOS  ETHIC  MORAL  TRUTH
     SIR  KNIGHT  NOBILITY  FINE  VIRTUE  ESTEEM
     hx>  KNIGHTS or
          in fr CHEVARIERS from CHEVAL for HORSE or
     in sp CABALLEROS from CABALLO also HORSE
     thus RICH ENOUGH TO HAVE A MOUNT and be EQUESTRIAN
     note KNIGHTS WERE SKILLED IN THE USE OF WEAPONS
          THEY BECAME BECAME THE DEFENDERS OF
     THE CHURCH AND ESTABLISHED NOBILITY
     in contrast FOOT SOLDIERS or PEONS or
     PEDESTRIAN COMBATANTS WHO WERE DRAWN FROM
     THE PEASANT CLASS or sp PEON   = WORKER  PEDESTRIAN
         PEATON for WALKER
~ KNIT      id+ | KNOTTED MATERIAL | or
~ KNITTED   id+ | BOOKS are KNITTED |
~ KNOB      id+ | NODE  BULGE  HANDLE |
            note extensions toward KNITTING NETTING
     lat    NODUS   = KNOT or NOTE
            NODULUS   NODULE
     sp     NUDO      NODE
            NODULO    NODULE
         DESNUDO      NUDE NAKED or LACKING VESTMENTS KNOTS
     eng    NEXUS     INTERTWINING as in NEXAL
          ANNEX       ADD ADJUNCT ADDITION CONNECTION
     lat    NECTERE   TO KNOW or TO BIND
         CONNECTERE   CONNECT
     eng CONNECTIVE   NETWORK MESH
     eng  KNOT        NODE and BULDGE
     ukr   NYTKA      THREAD
          KNYHA       BOOK is a NETWORK of PAGES
     skrt  NAHYATI    TO KNOT or TO BIND
     lat   NASSA      FISH BASKET
     eng   NOOSE      LOOP AND THE END OF A ROPE WITH A KNOT
                      USED FOR ENTRAPPING or BINDING
     eng  KNITTLE     became
           NETTLE     NAUTICAL ROPE from
           NET        implies TO BIND FASTEN TIE
     note             shift toward
                      "HARD" KNOCKS
~ KNOCK     id+ | STRIKE  HIT  BEAT |
~ KNOCKOUT  id+ | OUT OF ACTION |
~ KNOP      id+ | BUD akin to KNOB |
~ KNOPKA    id+ | BUTTON in ukr |
~ KNOT       Eid+ | BULGE  PROMINENCE |
             note links KNOCK and KNOT as in
                KNOCKOUT or K.O. or KO
~ KNOUT      id+ | WHIP with KNOTS |
             id+ | INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE |
             ukr KNUT = KNOT and WHIP
~ KNOW       id+ | REALIZE |
             id+ | impact or SENSE on REASON |
             note companion entry see> SAPIENT |
~ KNOWLEDGE  id+ | BODY OF FACTS AND LEARNING |
             id+ | KNOWLEDGE HAS LIMITS |
     id+ | KNOWLEDGE or SCIENCE STARTS FAITH |
     id+ | KNOWLDEGE without FAITH leads to NIHILIMS |
     id+ | FAITH without KNOWLEDGE leads to FANATICISM |
     note opp is AGNOSTIC or UNKNOWING is alluded to below
     id+ | AGNOSTICS are not COGNIZANT |
     note scope of ideas in KNOW as if
     id+ | BOOKS KNOT IDEAS INTO KNOWLEDGE |
     note some members of the complex related to
     maxim> "I SEE" implies I REALIZE thus KNOW
     maxim> "KNOWN KNOWNS
             UNKNOWN KNOWNS
             UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS"
     mentioned by Donald RUMSFELD [#] to explain the
     failures of policies such as those in IRAQ
     skrt      VIDYA      = KNOWLEDGE
     rus       VIZHU        I SEE or NOTE
     eng        KNOW        RECOGNIZE or
                            COGNIZANT or its opp
                             IGNOTO or
                             IGNORANT
     eng        KNUCKLE     PROMINENCE
     ukr        KNUT        KNOT
                KNYHA       BOOK
                ZNAI        KNOW
                ZNANIA      KNOWLEDGE
                ZNAIOMYJ    ACQUAINTANCE
     skrt       JNA         KNOW
     old Norse  KNA         CUNNING
     old Irish  GNATH       KNOWN
     med>       GNATHIA     prefix for CHIN or
     sp         MENTON      CHIN 
     biol>      GNO~        root for TO KNOW or
     eng        GNOSIS      KNOWLEDGE
     med>    PROGNOSIS      FORECAST  VATICINATE 
     hx>     VATICAN        assumed the name of 
                            SOOTHSAYERS
                 NOOS       THINK
                GNOSECERE   KNOWN
     lat        COGITO      CONSIDER
                            PONDER
                            REFLECT
                            THINK
                COGNATIO    LINK TO BIRTH as in
                            NATAL
                            NATION
                            NOTION
                COGNOSCO    ACQUAINTED
                            COGNIZANT
                   NOSCERE  NOSOLOGY
                            COGNITION or LEARNING
                            COGNOMEN or SURNAME
                COGNITOR    ADVOCATE
     middle eng COUDE       or
                COUTHE      or
                CUTHE       or
                CONNEN      or
     sp         CONOCER     TO KNOW
                CON SER     WITH and TO BE
     old eng    CUNNAN      CAN
     ger        KENNEN      KEEN
     skrt       HANATI      KNOWN
     note       KNOW        AWARE or
                            INFORMED
     sug> DOCTOR  sug> INDOCTRINATED
     id+ | I BELIEVE thus I KNOWN | as in
     see> RELIGION
     see> DOGMA or see> DOCTRINE
     lit+ PSYCHE LIVES       sug> PSYCHOLOGY
          NOOS   THINKS      sug> CEREBRUM
          THYMOS FEELS       sug> THYMUS
     hx> AGNOSTIC or DOUBT IN KNOWLEDGE became
         IGNORANT OF GOD  see> FAITH
     notE KNOW pointing to KNOSSOS and CONOZCO in sp 
     lit+ in " The Just-so Stories " R KIPLING [#]
             1865-1936  offers
     " I KEEP SIX HONEST SERVING MEN
     THEY TAUGHT ME ALL I KNOW
     THEIR NAMES ARE
     WHAT
     WHY
     WHEN
     HOW
     WHERE and
     WHO "
     sc> SCIENCE ACKNOWLEDGES THE LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE
         RELIGION RESORTS TO "MYSTERY" AS EXPLANATIONS
     hx> IN ECONOMICS THE FUTURE OF
         MARKETS IS NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE
     BECAUSE THEY DEPEND ON THE
     PSYCHOLOGY OF INDIVIDUAL INVESTORS
     perhaps why MANY DO NOT VIEW ECONOMICS AS SCIENCE
     sc> SOME SCIENTISTS ARE STARTING REBEL
         AGAINST THE IDEA THAT THE SPEED OF LIGHT
     IS A LIMIT WHICH OF PROVEN FALSE WOULD
     ALTER CONCEPTS OF TIME AND SPACE
     sc> Kurt GOODEL [#] reviewed ideas regarding
         LIMITS OF KNOWLEDGE  also see> GOODELIAN
     note TO KNOW implies a mental
          CONSTRUCT  or LAY OUT
     lit+ note in
          MEDITATIONES SACRAE by F BACON [#]
     maxim> | KNOWLEDGE IS SORROW |
            | KNOWLEDGE IS POWER  |
     note and explore
     sug> CUNNING
     sug> COGNITION  RECOGNIZE
     sug> ACQUAINT   QUAINT
     sug> RECONNAISSANCE
     sug> IGNORANT
     lit+ N G BYRON [#] wrote
          " SORROW IS KNOWLEDGE
     THEY WHO KNOW THE MOST
     MUST MOURN THE DEEPEST O'HER FATAL TRUTH
     THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE IS NOT THAT OF LIFE ..."
     lit+ " ALL KNOWLEDGE IS WITHIN NATURE AND
            NATURAL BOUNDS even METAPHYSICS
     maxim> THE TASK OF SCIENCE IS
            TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT NATURE
     maxim> ALL KNOWLEDGE ARISES FROM PERCEPTIONS
            attr to Leonardo da VINCI [#]
     sc> PROVEN TRUTH IS SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
     lit+  " KNOWLEDGE RESULTS FROM
             CONTINUOUS CONSTRUCTION ...    sug> PROCESS
     EACH ACT OF UNDERSTANDING              sug> INSIGHT
     INVOLVES SOME DEGREE OF INVENTION ...  sug> NOVEL
     A PASSAGE OF ONE STAGE TO A NEXT       sug> NOVICE
     MAY BE CHARACTERIZED AS                sug> TERM
     THE FORMATION OF NEW STRUCTURES ...    sug> WORD
     EITHER EXTERNAL OR MENTAL ... "        sug> IDEA
     modified from                          sug> SENSE
     J PIAGET [#] in "Genetic Epistemiology"
           see> EDUCATION   sug> GENESIS
           sug> GNOSOS      sug> IGNOTO
           sug> ACQUAINT    sug> QUAINT
           sug> SCIENT      sug> SCIENCE
~ KNUCKLE  gr KONDYLOS      sug> CONDYL
           id+ | TO STRIKE or
                 PRESS WITH KNUCKLES |  sug> KNOW
     id+ | ARTICULAR BONE PROTRUSION |  sug> PHALANGE
     for etymology see> NODE
     lit+ THOSE BONY PARTS OF THE HAND
          THAT STRIKE WHEN HITTING or
          KNOCKING SOMEONE WITH THE FIST
     med> BONY PROTRUSION OF THE ARTICULATION OF THE
          METACARPALS WITH PHALANGES also
          BETWEEN THE PHALANGES and other bones
          see> FEMUR
~ KNURL   or GNARL         sug> KNOT
          denotes A PHONETIC IDEA or
          THREATENING SOUND OF WILD ANIMALS
~ KNUT    ukr for WHIP  see> KNOT
~ KNYHA   BOOK or SHEETS TIED BY KNOTS
          note several primary extensions mainly
  see> CLINIC