Etymograph

English

aleconner

Aleconner comes from Old English cunnen ‘to test’, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnēn ‘to get to know, become familiar with’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kunnāną.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kunnāną‘to get to know, to become familiar with’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kunnēn‘to get to know, become familiar with’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150cunnian‘to test’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150cunnen‘to test’
  5. Englishtodayaleconner

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kunnāną‘to get to know, to become familiar with’reconstructed
  2. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*kunnēn‘to get to know, become familiar with’reconstructed
  3. Old Englishc. 450–1150cunnian‘to test’
  4. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150cunnen‘to test’
  5. Englishtodayaleconner

Formed from ale + con + -er

Proto-Germanic *alu ‘beer’

Proto-West Germanic *alu ‘beer’

Old English ealu ‘beer’

Middle English ale

English ale

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘with, along, at’

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Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’

Proto-Italic *komteros ‘the other of the two who meet, opposite’

Proto-Italic *komterād

Latin contrā ‘against’

English con

Linked words

through Old English cunnian ‘to test’

cunning

Today it means

noun An officer, appointed yearly, who tasted ale (as well as bread), to ensure its quality.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kunnāną / aleconner

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