Where does “wapping ken” come from?
wapping ken (English) 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.
wapping ken (English): A brothel
Ancestry of “wapping ken”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ken | To give birth, conceive, beget, be born; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | kenning | — |
| 3 | Middle English | kennen | to beget, conceive ; to give birth to; to make... |
| 4 | Old English | cennan | to make known, declare; to produce, bring forth,... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kannjan | to beget, bring forth |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kanjaną | to beget, bring forth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵonh₁éyeti | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |