Where does “kunt” come from?

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

kunt (Middle High German): cunt, pussy, vulva, vagina

Definitions

  1. cunt, pussy, vulva, vagina

Ancestry of “kunt”, step by step

kunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German kund

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

via Old High German cunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germancuntafemale genitalia
2Proto-Germanickuntǭfemale pudenda; vulva; sheath
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷen-woman

Words derived from “kunt”

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