Where does “커닝하다” come from?
커닝하다 (Korean) comes from Korean 커닝, 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 — to know.
커닝하다 (Korean): to cheat
Definitions
- to cheat
Ancestry of “커닝하다”, step by step
커닝하다 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Korean 커닝
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | 커닝 | cheating |
| 2 | Japanese | カンニング | cheating; To cheat |
| 3 | English | cunning | Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour;... |
| 4 | Middle English | cunning | — |
| 5 | Middle English | cunninde | — |
| 6 | Old English | cunnende | — |
| 7 | Old English | cunnan | to know, to be familiar with; can, to know how |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | kunnan | to recognise; to know how, to be able |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via Korean ―하다
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korean | ―하다 | — |