Where does “cunnan” come from?

cunnan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

cunnan (Old Dutch): to know, to be familiar with; can, to be able to

Definitions

  1. to know, to be familiar with; can, to be able to

Ancestry of “cunnan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*kunnan—
2Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “cunnan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunnaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *kunnan →
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