Words that come from Proto-Germanic kunnaną

400 words across 53 languages descend from Proto-Germanic kunnaną — including can, could, con, Kent, cunning, uncanny, Canton, ken.

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English (153)

Dutch (66)

Swedish (17)

Icelandic (16)

Norwegian Bokmål (14)

Danish (10)

French (9)

German (9)

Norwegian Nynorsk (9)

Middle Dutch (7)

Estonian (6)

Faroese (5)

Italian (4)

Old English (4)

Old Saxon (4)

Scots (4)

Old Swedish (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

West Frisian (3)

Japanese (3)

Korean (3)

Proto-Germanic (3)

Finnish (3)

Old Norse (3)

Low German (2)

Latin (2)

Old Frisian (2)

North Frisian (2)

Central Franconian (2)

Gothic (2)

Middle French (2)

Welsh (2)

Afrikaans (2)

Middle English (2)

Catalan (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Tagalog (1)

Lithuanian (1)

Georgian (1)

Russian (1)

Asturian (1)

Sathmar Swabian (1)

Galician (1)

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Pennsylvania German (1)

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Spanish (1)

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