Where does “chöne” come from?
chöne (Alemannic German) comes from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic kunnan, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
chöne (Alemannic German): can; to be able
Ancestry of “chöne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | kunnan | to be able to |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kunnan | to recognise; to know how, to be able |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |