Where does “דערקענען” come from?

דערקענען (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קענען, from Middle High German kennen, from Old High German kennen, from Proto-West Germanic kannijan, from Proto-Germanic kannijaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃ti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.

דערקענען (Yiddish): to recognize

Definitions

  1. to recognize

Ancestry of “דערקענען”, step by step

דערקענען traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish קענען

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקענעןto know
2Middle High Germankennento know
3Old High Germankennento know, to be aware of
4Proto-West Germanickannijanto know, to be aware of
5Proto-Germanickannijanąto make known
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥néh₃tito know, recognize
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneh₃-to know

via Yiddish דער־

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishדער־Inseparable verbal prefix that indicates a successful conclusion, leads to the wanted result
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥néh₃tiEvery word from Proto-Germanic kannijaną