Where does “kenn” come from?

kenn (German) comes from Proto-Indo-European sken-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ken- — to peel; to split off; peel.

kenn (German): singular imperative of kennen

Definitions

  1. singular imperative of kennen

Ancestry of “kenn”, step by step

kenn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Indo-European sken-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeansken-to split off
2Proto-Indo-European(s)ken-to peel; to split off; peel

via Arabic كَنَّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicكَنَّ—

Words derived from “kenn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ken- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sken- →