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

Definitions

  1. known, familiar

Ancestry of “cunt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickunþknown
2Proto-Germanickunþazpast participle of *kunnaną; known
3Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “cunt”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunnaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunþaz →