Where does “küene” come from?

küene (Middle High German) comes from Old High German kuoni, from West Germanic *kōnī, from Proto-Germanic kōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “küene”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankuonidaring
2West Germanic*kōnī—
3Proto-Germanickōnizable, knowledgeable, skillful, clever
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “küene”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kōniz →Every word from West Germanic *kōnī →