Where does “kéng” come from?

kéng (Luxembourgish) comes from Old High German kuoni, from West Germanic *kōnī, from Proto-Germanic kōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

kéng (Luxembourgish): bold, audacious

Definitions

  1. bold, audacious

Ancestry of “kéng”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankuonidaring
2West Germanic*kōnī—
3Proto-Germanickōnizable, knowledgeable, skillful, clever
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kōniz →Every word from West Germanic *kōnī →