Where does “ukjent” come from?
ukjent (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål kjent, from Norwegian Bokmål kjenne, from Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
ukjent (Norwegian Bokmål): unknown, unfamiliar
Ancestry of “ukjent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | kjent | well-known; familiar, acquainted; past participle... |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | kjenne | to know; to feel, sense; to feel |
| 3 | Old Norse | kenna | to know; to feel |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kannijaną | to make known |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥néh₃ti | to know, recognize |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |