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Where does “knoweth” come from?

Knoweth comes from Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwan, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃-, a root expressing the concept of knowing or recognizing.

knoweth (English): third-person singular simple present indicative...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative...

Ancestry of “knoweth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishknowTo perceive the truth or factuality of; to be...
2Middle Englishknowento know
3Old Englishcnāwanto know, perceive, recognise; to know, recognise,...
4Proto-West Germanicknāanto recognise, to know
5Proto-Germanicknēanąto know, recognise, understand
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
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