Where does “toekennen” come from?
toekennen (Dutch) comes from Dutch kennen, from Middle Dutch kennen, from Old Dutch kennen, from Proto-West Germanic kannijan, from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
toekennen (Dutch): to confer – in the sense of grant, bestow
Definitions
- to confer – in the sense of grant, bestow
Ancestry of “toekennen”, step by step
toekennen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch kennen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kennen | to know (a person, a thing), be acquainted with, to have knowledge of the properties of a particular person, object or concept, through personal experience, teaching, practice, or habit; to be familiar with |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | kennen | to know, to be familiar with; to recognise, to... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | kennen | to know, to be aware of |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | kannijan | to know, to be aware of |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | kannijaną | to make known |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥néh₃ti | to know, recognize |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |