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Where does “kanas” come from?

kanas (Proto-Balto-Slavic) comes from Proto-Indo-European kono-, from Proto-Indo-European ken- — to arise, begin.

Ancestry of “kanas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeankono-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin

Words derived from “kanas”

  • Konieczny
  • Konecny
  • конец
  • закон
  • кон
  • искони
  • Konieczny
  • koniec
  • Skonieczny
  • zakon
  • закон
  • zakon
  • nakon
  • konec
  • konac
  • законодавни
  • zakonodavni
  • конац
  • закон
  • konečnost
  • nekonečnost
  • konec
  • Konečný
  • koncový
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ken- →