Where does “kunde” come from?
kunde (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from German Kunde, from German kund, from Middle High German kunt, 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.
kunde (Norwegian Nynorsk): a customer; past tense of kunna
Definitions
- a customer; past tense of kunna
Ancestry of “kunde”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Kunde | customer, patron, punter, client; tidings, news;... |
| 2 | German | kund | known |
| 3 | Middle High German | kunt | — |
| 4 | Old High German | kund | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kunþ | known |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kunþaz | past participle of *kunnaną; known |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |