Where does “знакъ” come from?

знакъ (Old East Slavic) comes from Proto-Slavic znakъ, from Proto-Slavic znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéh₃t, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “знакъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicznakъsign; symbol
2Proto-Slavicznatito know
3Proto-Balto-Slavicźnōˀteito know
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéh₃tto know; to get to know, to meet
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “знакъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéh₃t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic źnōˀtei →
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