Where does “kunning” come from?

kunning (Middle English) comes from Middle English cunninde, 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 “kunning”, step by step

kunning traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English cunninde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcunninde—
2Old Englishcunnende—
3Old Englishcunnanto know, to be familiar with; can, to know how
4Proto-West Germanickunnanto recognise; to know how, to be able
5Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Middle English cunnand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcunnand—

via Middle English kunnende

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishkunnende—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunnaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kunnan →
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