Where does “cunnand” come from?

cunnand (Middle English) comes from Old English cunnende, from Old English cunnan, from Proto-West Germanic kunnan, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “cunnand”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcunnende
2Old Englishcunnanto know, to be familiar with; can, to know how
3Proto-West Germanickunnanto recognise; to know how, to be able
4Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “cunnand

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃-Every word from Proto-Germanic kunnanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kunnan
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