Where does “künnen” come from?

künnen (Middle High German) comes from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic kunnan, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “künnen”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old High German	kunnan	to be able to
2	Proto-West Germanic	kunnan	to recognise; to know how, to be able
3	Proto-Germanic	kunnaną	to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
4	Proto-Indo-European	ǵneh₃-	to know

Words derived from “künnen”

Künstlerroman
kunsthalle
Künstlerromane
кунштюк
Baukunst
Kunstgeschichte
kunstreich
Kunstgegenstand
Kunsthalle
Kunst
Kunststück
Kunsthandwerk
Kunstsprache
Kunstakademie
kunstfertig
Kunstdünger
Kunsthändler
künstlich
Beutekunst
Avantgarde-Kunst
Avantgardekunst
Kampfkunst
Künstlerfarbe
Tonkunst

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →

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