Where does “kenna” come from?
kenna (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic kannijan, from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
Ancestry of “kenna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | kannijan | to know, to be aware of |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kannijaną | to make known |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥néh₃ti | to know, recognize |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
Words derived from “kenna”