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Where does “cunnende” come from?

cunnende (Old English) comes from Old English cunnan, from Proto-West Germanic kunnan, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “cunnende”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcunnanto know, to be familiar with; can, to know how
2Proto-West Germanickunnanto recognise; to know how, to be able
3Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “cunnende”

  • cunning
  • cunningly
  • cunningness
  • uncunning
  • uncunningly
  • wortcunning
  • overcunning
  • cunning
  • kunning
  • konnyng
  • cunninde
  • kunnende
  • cunnand
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