Where does “känna efter” come from?
känna efter (Swedish) comes from Swedish känna, 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 efter (Swedish): to examine with one's hands (or other body parts, using one's sense of touch)
Definitions
- to examine with one's hands (or other body parts, using one's sense of touch)
Ancestry of “känna efter”, step by step
känna efter traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish känna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | känna | to feel, to sense; to know |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kænna | to make known, teach; to recognize; to notice,... |
| 3 | Old Norse | kenna | to know; to feel |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kannijaną | to make known |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥néh₃ti | to know, recognize |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via Swedish efter
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | efter | after; subsequent; later in time than "or" later... |
| 2 | Old Norse | eptir | after; afterwards; along |
| 3 | Proto-Norse | ᚨᚠᛏᛖᚱ | after |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | after | after, behind |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂epoteros | further behind, further away |