Where does “커닝” come from?
커닝 (Korean) comes from Japanese カンニング, from English cunning, from Middle English cunning, from Middle English cunninde, from Old English cunnende, from Old English cunnan, from Proto-West Germanic kunnan, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną — to know.
커닝 (Korean): cheating
Definitions
- cheating
Ancestry of “커닝”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | カンニング | cheating; To cheat |
| 2 | English | cunning | Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour;... |
| 3 | Middle English | cunning | — |
| 4 | Middle English | cunninde | — |
| 5 | Old English | cunnende | — |
| 6 | Old English | cunnan | to know, to be familiar with; can, to know how |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | kunnan | to recognise; to know how, to be able |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |