Where does “kenner” come from?

kenner (Dutch) comes from English ken, from Middle English kenning, from Middle English kennen, from Old English cennan, from Proto-West Germanic kannjan, from Proto-Germanic kanjaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵonh₁éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

kenner (Dutch): connoisseur, expert

Definitions

  1. connoisseur, expert

Ancestry of “kenner”, step by step

kenner traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English ken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkenTo give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to...
2Middle Englishkenning
3Middle Englishkennento make known
4Old Englishcennanto make known, declare; to produce, bring forth,...
5Proto-West Germanickannjanto beget, bring forth
6Proto-Germanickanjanąto beget, bring forth
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵonh₁éyetito bring forth
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via English ER

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
2Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
3Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
4Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
5Proto-Turkicēdersaddle

via German kennen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankennento know; to be acquainted with; to be familiar...
2Middle High Germankennento know
3Old High Germankennento know, to be aware of

Words derived from “kenner

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-
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