Where does “зна́ть” come from?
зна́ть (Russian) comes from Old Russian знати, from Proto-Slavic znati, from Proto-Balto-Slavic źnōˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European ǵnéh₃t, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
Ancestry of “зна́ть”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Russian | знати | — |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | znati | to know |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | źnōˀtei | to know |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵnéh₃t | to know; to get to know, to meet |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
Words derived from “зна́ть”