Where does “bekend” come from?

bekend (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch bekend, from Middle Dutch bekent, from Dutch bekennen, from Middle Dutch bekennen, from Old Dutch bikennen.

bekend (Afrikaans): (well-)known

Definitions

  1. (well-)known

Ancestry of “bekend”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchbekendknown; familiar, trusted
2Middle Dutchbekent—
3Dutchbekennento acknowledge, confess; to see, to make out, to...
4Middle Dutchbekennento get to know, to learn of; to notice; to see
5Old Dutchbikennen—
Every word from Old Dutch bikennen →Every word from Middle Dutch bekennen →Every word from Dutch bekennen →
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