Proto-Germanic

*kunnaną

‘to know, to be familiar with, to recognise’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *kunnaną.

14 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, most familiar first.

• can ← cunnan ← *kunnan
• could ← coude ← cūþe ← cunnan
• con ← connen ← cunnan ← *kunnan
• ken ← kennen ← cennan ← cunnan ← *kannijan
• cunning ← cunninde ← cunnende ← cunnan
• keenly ← kenely ← cēnlīċe ← cēne ← *kōniz
• uncouth ← uncūþ ← *unkunþ ← *unkunþaz ← *kunþaz
• canna ← cannae ← can ← can ← cunnen
• cun ← cunnen ← cunnan
• kenning ← ken ← kennen ← cennan ← *kannijan
• couth ← cūþ ← cunnan
• chawn ← *chane ← cunnan

More words from *kunnaną

• kithe
• selcouth

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kunnaną