Where does “kund” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kund”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kund”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunnaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunþaz →