uncanny
English
/ʌnˈkæni/
adj
Definitions
- Strange, and mysteriously unsettling (as if supernatural); weird.
- (UK) Careless.
Etymology
Prefix from English canny root 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
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gnostic English
- agnosticism English
- cannily English
- canniness English
- canny English
- cognizance English
- cognize English
- ignorable English
- ignoramus English
- ignorance English
- ignore English
- recognition English
- uncannily English
- uncanniness English
- uncouthness English
- cognitio Latin
- cognitus Latin
- cognosco Latin
- gloria Latin
- gloriose Latin
- glōriārī Latin
- gnarus Latin
- groma Latin
- ignarus Latin
- ignorare Latin
- nōbilis Latin
- nōtiō, nōtiōnem Latin
- praecognosco Latin
- recognoscere Latin
- recognosco Latin
- kognitiv German
- künden German
- disconoscere Italian
- gnomone Italian
- incognito Italian
- sconoscere Italian
- cognitief Dutch, Flemish
- kunnen, kan Dutch, Flemish
- verkondigen Dutch, Flemish
- γνωρίζω Ancient Greek
- γνωτός Ancient Greek
- γνώμη Ancient Greek
- γνώμων Ancient Greek
- γνῶσις Ancient Greek
- διάγνωσις Ancient Greek
- παθογνωμονικός Ancient Greek
- πρόγνωσις Ancient Greek
- ἀ- Ancient Greek
- ἀγνοέω Ancient Greek
- ἀγνωσία Ancient Greek
- ἀγνώς Ancient Greek
- ἀναγιγνώσκω Ancient Greek
- ἄγνωστος Ancient Greek
- ἄγνωτος Ancient Greek
- ἐπίγνωσις Ancient Greek
- ἐπιγιγνώσκω Ancient Greek
- *n̥-ǵneh₃-to- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵe-ǵnóh₃-e, *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵenH- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵh₃-ǵneh₃-setoy Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵiǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵneh₃tis, *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵnéh₃t Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵn̥h₃-tós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵn̥h₃ro- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵn̥h₃sḱéti Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Indo-European
- *frakunþaz Proto-Germanic
- *kannijaną Proto-Germanic
- *knawaz Proto-Germanic
- *knēaną Proto-Germanic
- *knēiz Proto-Germanic
- *kundīn Proto-Germanic
- *kunnaną Proto-Germanic
- *kunþaz Proto-Germanic
- *kunþijaną Proto-Germanic
- *kunþiþō Proto-Germanic
- *kōniz Proto-Germanic
- *unkunþaz Proto-Germanic
- agnostisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- kjenning Norwegian Nynorsk
- kunnskap Norwegian Nynorsk
- ukjend Norwegian Nynorsk
- ukjent Norwegian Nynorsk
- cunnan Old English
- cunnende Old English
- cūþe Old English
- selcūþ Old English
- जाना Sanskrit
- ज्ञा Sanskrit
- ज्ञान Sanskrit
- can Middle English
- deasghnáth Irish
- gnáth- Irish
- gnáthamh Irish
- kenna Old Norse
- kennandi Old Norse
- kensla Old Norse
- kunnigr Old Norse
- kunnleikr Old Norse
- vedkende Danish
- *znamę Proto-Slavic
- *znati Proto-Slavic
- conoissant Old French
- ignorant Old French
- reconissance Old French
- kennesse Middle Dutch
- ad·gnin Old Irish
- gnáthach Old Irish
- *kannijan gmw-pro
- *koneh Proto-Finnic
- *ati-uɸo-gninati Proto-Celtic
- *gninati Proto-Celtic
- *gnātos Proto-Celtic
- *gnēm- Proto-Celtic
- vorkunden Middle Low German
- *ǰnaH- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ȷ́ānáHti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- biknegan Old Saxon
- *gnārāō Proto-Italic
- *gnōskō Proto-Italic
- *źnōˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- 𐎧𐏁𐎴𐎠𐎿𐎠𐏃𐎹 Old Persian
- aknātsaññeṣṣe Tocharian B
- kenna Vilamovian
- *-jō Proto-Hellenic
- 𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬥𐬙𐬌 Avestan
- *gnōria Old Latin
- *knā- Proto-Tocharian
- zynuot Latgalian