Where does “kena” come from?

kena (Malay) comes from Malay کنا, from Norwegian Bokmål kna, from Swedish knåda, from Old Swedish knodha, from Old Norse knoða, from Proto-Germanic knudaną, from Proto-Indo-European gnét-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵen-.

kena (Malay): to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched...

Definitions

  1. to incur, to bring upon oneself, to be touched...

Ancestry of “kena”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayکنا
2Norwegian Bokmålknato knead
3Swedishknådato knead
4Old Swedishknodha
5Old Norseknoða
6Proto-Germanicknudanąto knead
7Proto-Indo-Europeangnét-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵen-

Words derived from “kena

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵen-