Where does “cnawan” come from?
cnawan (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic knāan, from Proto-Germanic knēaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
cnawan (Old English): to know, perceive, recognise; to know, recognise,...
Definitions
- to know, perceive, recognise; to know, recognise,...
Ancestry of “cnawan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | knāan | to recognise, to know |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | knēaną | to know, recognise, understand |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
Words derived from “cnawan”