kenning

English

/ˈkɛnɪŋ/

noun
Definitions
  • (obsolete) Sight, view; specifically a distant view at sea.
  • (obsolete) The range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
  • As little as one can discriminate or recognize; a small portion, a little.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English kenning inherited from Old English cennan (make known, declare, acknowledge, beget, conceive, give birth to, generate, give birth) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (know, make known) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (know, recognize).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵneh₃-

Gloss

know, recognize

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

知

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