Where does “knega” come from?

knega (Old Norse) comes from Proto-Germanic knēaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “knega”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicknēanąto know, recognise, understand
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “knega

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃-Every word from Proto-Germanic knēaną
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