Where does “cunnen” come from?
cunnen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch cunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
Ancestry of “cunnen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | cunnan | to know, to be familiar with; can, to be able to |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *kunnan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
Words derived from “cunnen”