Proto-Germanic

*kunþaz

‘known’

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

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

• uncouth ← uncūþ ← *unkunþ ← *unkunþaz
• kithe ← kiþen ← cȳþan ← *kunþijan ← *kunþijaną
• selcouth ← selcūþ ← cūþ

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kunþaz