Where does “kunde” come from?

kunde (Middle High German) comes from Old High German cundo, from Proto-West Germanic kunþō, from Proto-West Germanic kunþ, from Proto-Germanic kunþaz, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “kunde”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germancundoassociate, fellow, friend
2Proto-West Germanickunþōacquaintance
3Proto-West Germanickunþknown
4Proto-Germanickunþazpast participle of *kunnaną; known
5Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “kunde”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunnaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunþaz →