English
Poznan
Poznan comes from Polish poznać ‘to learn, to get to know (a person)’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*źnṓˀtei‘to know’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*znàti‘to know’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*poznati‘to know’reconstructed
- Old Polishmodernpoznać
- Polishmodernsame form‘to learn, to get to know (a person)’
- Polish, derivedmodernPoznań
- EnglishtodayPoznan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵneh₃-‘to recognise’reconstructed
- Proto-Balto-Slavicc. 2000–500 BCE*źnṓˀtei‘to know’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavicc. 400–900 CE*znàti‘to know’reconstructed
- Proto-Slavic, derivedc. 400–900 CE*poznati‘to know’reconstructed
- Old Polishmodernpoznać
- Polishmodernsame form‘to learn, to get to know (a person)’
- Polish, derivedmodernPoznań
- EnglishtodayPoznan
The story
Anglicized form of Polish Poznań.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- ‘to recognise’
can, know, could, note, normal, notice, recognize, ignore, recognition, glory, con, noble, ken, narrative, notion, keen, cognitive, norm, ignorant, diagnostic, notorious, notation, nobility, cunning, cognition, prognosis, quaint, gnome, notoriety, narration, notary, incognito, agnostic, connoisseur, canny, uncouth, kith, gnosis, recognizance, annotate, 92 more
Today it means
name The capital and largest city of Greater Poland Voivodeship, west-central Poland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- / Poznan