Where does “cnāwan” come from?

cnāwan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic knāan, from Proto-Germanic knēaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

cnāwan (Old English): to know, perceive, recognise; to know, recognise,...

Definitions

  1. to know, perceive, recognise; to know, recognise,...

Ancestry of “cnāwan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicknāanto recognise, to know
2Proto-Germanicknēanąto know, recognise, understand
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “cnāwan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knēaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic knāan →