Etymology Explorer › Old Saxon

Where does “kuth” come from?

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

kuth (Old Saxon): known, famous, renowned

Definitions

  1. known, famous, renowned

Ancestry of “kuth”, 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 “kuth”

  • cuth
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →