Where does “kuthen” come from?

kuthen (Middle English) comes from Old English cȳþan, from Proto-West Germanic kunþijan, from Proto-Germanic kunþijaną, from Proto-Germanic -janą, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

Ancestry of “kuthen”, step by step

kuthen traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English cȳþan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcȳþanto make known: tell, inform, announce, reveal, let know
2Proto-West Germanickunþijanto make known
3Proto-Germanickunþijanąto make known, announce
4Proto-Germanic-janąDerives denominatives from nouns and factitives...
5Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
7Chichewaiyehe, she

via Middle English couth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcouthknown, familiar; familiar, known; evident, true;...
2Old Englishcūþknown; familiar, intimate, known, usual; certain,...
3Old Englishcunnanto know, to be familiar with; can, to know how
4Proto-West Germanickunnanto recognise; to know how, to be able

via Middle English cuth

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishcuth—

Words derived from “kuthen”

Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Germanic -janą →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →