Where does “знати” come from?

знати (Old Russian) comes from Proto-Slavic znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéh₃t, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

Ancestry of “знати”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicznatito know
2Proto-Balto-Slavicźnōˀteito know
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵnéh₃tto know; to get to know, to meet
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “знати”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéh₃t →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic źnōˀtei →