Where does “cunt” come from?
cunt (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic kunþ, from Proto-Germanic kunþaz, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
cunt (Old Dutch): known, familiar
Ancestry of “cunt”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | kunþ | known |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kunþaz | past participle of *kunnaną; known |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kunnaną | to know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
Words derived from “cunt”