cunnen
Middle English
/ˈkunən/
verb
Definitions
- To know about (especially a domain of knowledge)
- (auxiliary) To be able to; to have the capability (to do); can.
- (auxiliary) To be able to do in the relevant situation; to be available to do.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English cunnan (be able to, know how to, know how, know) inherited from *kunnan inherited from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (know, know how, recognize, be able, be familiar with).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kunnaną
Gloss
know, know how, recognize, be able, be familiar with
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
- cun English
- mistry English
- overtry English
- retry English
- triable English
- tried English
- trier English
- triest English
- trieth English
- try English
- try pot English
- tryhard English
- trying English
- tryless English
- tryscorer English
- tryscoring English
- trysquare English
- trywork English
- *ǵen- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *kannō Proto-Germanic
- *kunnaną Proto-Germanic
- *kunþaz Proto-Germanic
- トライ Japanese
- can(n), cann Old English
- cunnan Old English
- cunnung Old English
- cūþ Old English
- can Middle English
- connen Middle English
- trien Middle English
- kunna Old Norse
- kunnan Old High German
- tray Malay
- 𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- טרײַען Yiddish
- *kunnan gmw-pro
- cunnan Old Dutch
- kunnan Old Saxon
- kunna Old Frisian
- traim Tok Pisin