Where does “gecnawan” come from?

gecnawan (Old English) comes from Old English ġē, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

gecnawan (Old English): to know, perceive, understand, acknowledge,...

Definitions

  1. to know, perceive, understand, acknowledge,...

Ancestry of “gecnawan”, step by step

gecnawan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġē

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġēye
2Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
3Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
4Proto-Germanic-hwe—
5Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Old English cnāwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcnāwanto know, perceive, recognise; to know, recognise,...
2Proto-West Germanicknāanto recognise, to know
3Proto-Germanicknēanąto know, recognise, understand
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →