Where does “cunning” come from?

cunning (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 “cunning”, 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 “cunning”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunnaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kunnan →