Where does “kennan” come from?

kennan (Old High German) comes from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

kennan (Old High German): to know

Definitions

  1. to know

Ancestry of “kennan”, step by step

kennan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic kannijaną

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanickannijanąto make known
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥néh₃tito know, recognize
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Proto-West Germanic kunnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickunnanto recognise; to know how, to be able

Words derived from “kennan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti →Every word from Proto-Germanic kannijaną →