Words that come from Proto-Germanic kunnaną

400 words across 39 languages descend from Proto-Germanic kunnaną — including can, could, con, cunning, uncanny, ken, uncouth, cunningly.

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English (87)

German (74)

Dutch (59)

Norwegian Bokmål (30)

Norwegian Nynorsk (15)

Danish (14)

Old English (14)

Icelandic (13)

Middle English (11)

Swedish (9)

Middle Dutch (7)

Old Norse (6)

Old Saxon (6)

Scots (6)

Faroese (5)

Estonian (4)

Proto-Germanic (4)

Old Swedish (3)

Luxembourgish (3)

Gothic (3)

Silesian (3)

Low German (2)

Old Frisian (2)

Afrikaans (2)

North Frisian (2)

Central Franconian (2)

West Frisian (2)

Old Dutch (1)

Old High German (1)

Hungarian (1)

Russian (1)

Volapük (1)

Korean (1)

Kashubian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Sathmar Swabian (1)

Pennsylvania German (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Alemannic German (1)