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German word kennen comes from Middle English canne, Proto-Indo-European - -né-, and later Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti (To know, recognize.)
canne (Middle English)
- -né- (Proto-Indo-European)
*ǵn̥néh₃ti (Proto-Indo-European)
To know, recognize.
can (English)
(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To be possible, usually with be.. (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.. (modal auxiliary verb, defective, informal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.. (obsolete, transitive) To know. (US, euphemistic) To fire or dismiss an employee.. To preserve, by heating and sealing in a can or jar.. To shut up.. To discard, scrap or [...]
*kunnaną (Proto-Germanic)
To know how, to be able to. To know, to be familiar with, to recognise.
cennan (Old English)
To make known, declare. To produce, bring forth, declare To beget, bear, give birth to.
kennan (Old High German)
kennen (German)
(transitive) to know; to be acquainted with; to be familiar with.