Where does “kunnan” come from?

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

kunnan (Old High German): to be able to

Definitions

  1. to be able to

Ancestry of “kunnan”, step by step

kunnan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-West Germanic kunnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanickunnanto recognise; to know how, to be able
2Proto-Germanickunnanąto know, to be familiar with, to recognise; to...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Proto-Germanic *kunnan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*kunnan—

Words derived from “kunnan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Germanic kunnaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic kunnan →