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Where does “Kunde” come from?

Kunde (German) comes from German kund, from Middle High German kunt, from Old High German kund, from Proto-West Germanic kunþ, from Proto-Germanic kunþaz, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Kunde (German): customer, patron, punter, client; tidings, news;...

Definitions

  1. customer, patron, punter, client; tidings, news;...

Ancestry of “Kunde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankundknown
2Middle High Germankunt—
3Old High Germankund—
4Proto-West Germanickunþknown
5Proto-Germanickunþazpast participle of *kunnaną; known
6Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “Kunde”

  • Völkerkunde
  • kunde
  • kunde
  • kunde
  • kúnni
  • kunde
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