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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kunnan

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This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Germanic *kunnaną.

    Verb

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    *kunnan[1]

    1. to recognise
    2. to know how, be able

    Inflection

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    *kann, *kant, *kunnun, *kunþā, *kunnan

    This verb needs an inflection-table template.

    Descendants

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    References

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    1. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 101:*kunnan