Where does “tocnawan” come from?

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

tocnawan (Old English): to tell apart; distinguish, differentiate

Definitions

  1. to tell apart; distinguish, differentiate

Ancestry of “tocnawan”, step by step

tocnawan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Old English tō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtōat, on; furthermore, also, besides; to, into
2Proto-West Germanic*tō—
3Proto-Germanictōto
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knēaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic knāan →