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Where does “koen” come from?

koen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch coene, from Old Dutch *cuoni.

koen (Dutch): courageous

Definitions

  1. courageous

Ancestry of “koen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchcoene—
2Old Dutch*cuoni—
Every word from Old Dutch *cuoni →