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Where does “cundo” come from?

cundo (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic kunþō, from Proto-West Germanic kunþ, from Proto-Germanic kunþaz, from Proto-Germanic kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

cundo (Old High German): associate, fellow, friend

Definitions

  1. associate, fellow, friend

Ancestry of “cundo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickunþōacquaintance
2Proto-West Germanickunþknown
3Proto-Germanickunþazpast participle of *kunnaną; known
4Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “cundo”

  • Völkerkunde
  • Kunde
  • kunde
  • kunde
  • kunde
  • kúnni
  • kunde
  • kunde
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