Where does “kön” come from?
kön (North Frisian) comes from Old Frisian kunna, from Proto-Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
kön (North Frisian): to be able, can
Ancestry of “kön”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | kunna | to be able , can |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *kunnan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |