Where does “kunne” come from?
kunne (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Old Norse kunna, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
kunne (Norwegian Bokmål): can, could; might; can
Ancestry of “kunne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Norse | kunna | to know, understand, be able to; to know; to... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
Words derived from “kunne”