Where does “kund” come from?

kund (German) comes 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.

kund (German): known

Definitions

  1. known

Ancestry of “kund”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kund”

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