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
Ancestry of “kéng”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | kuoni | daring |
| 2 | West Germanic | *kōnī | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kōniz | able, knowledgeable, skillful, clever |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |