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Where does “cȳþþ” come from?
cȳþþ (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic kunþiþō, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
Ancestry of “cȳþþ”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
kunþiþō
knowledge, acquaintance
2
Proto-Indo-European
ǵneh₃-
to know
Words derived from “cȳþþ”
kith
kithless
kith
kitthe
kiþ
kithfolk
kithlessness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →
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