Proto-Germanic
*knēaną
‘to know, recognise, understand’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *knēaną.
6 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *knēaną, most familiar first.
- know ← knowen ← cnāwan ← *knāan
- known ← knowen ← cnāwan ← *knāan
- knowledge ← knowleche ← knowen ← cnāwan ← *knāan
- beknow ← beknowen ← becnāwan ← cnāwan ← *knāan
- knaa ← knawe ← cnawan ← *knāan
- knowen ← cnāwen ← cnāwan ← *knāan
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Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *knēaną