Where does “känna” come from?
känna (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish kænna, from Old Norse kenna, from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
känna (Swedish): to feel, to sense; to know
Definitions
- to feel, to sense; to know
Ancestry of “känna”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Swedish | kænna | to make known, teach; to recognize; to notice,... |
| 2 | Old Norse | kenna | to know; to feel |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kannijaną | to make known |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥néh₃ti | to know, recognize |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
Words derived from “känna”