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Where does “*kōnī” come from?
*kōnī (West Germanic) comes from Proto-Germanic kōniz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
Ancestry of “*kōnī”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Germanic
kōniz
able, knowledgeable, skillful, clever
2
Proto-Indo-European
ǵneh₃-
to know
Words derived from “*kōnī”
Kuhn
Kuhnian
kuoni
kéng
küene
kühn
tollkühn
Kuhnsch
kunes
Tollkühnheit
𐰛𐰈𐰤𐰾
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- →
Every word from Proto-Germanic kōniz →