Where does “kunnen” come from?

kunnen (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.

kunnen (Middle High German): to know

Definitions

  1. to know

Ancestry of “kunnen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germankunnanto be able to
2Proto-West Germanickunnanto recognise; to know how, to be able
3Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “kunnen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →