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Where does “kōniz” come from?

kōniz (Proto-Germanic) comes from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

kōniz (Proto-Germanic): able, knowledgeable, skillful, clever

Definitions

  1. able, knowledgeable, skillful, clever

Ancestry of “kōniz”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

Words derived from “kōniz”

  • keen
  • Conrad
  • Kurt
  • keener
  • keenness
  • keening
  • Koen
  • Conradian
  • overkeen
  • keeno
  • unkeen
  • keeneth
  • unkeenly
  • Kuno
  • tollkühn
  • Kurt
  • Konrad
  • Kühnheit
  • kühn
  • Koen
  • Koenraad
  • koen
  • Konrad
  • kene
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