weten

Middle Dutch

verb
Definitions
  • to know knowledge
  • to know person
  • to get to know, to learn of, to be made aware of a fact
  • (auxiliary) to be able to

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch witan inherited from *witan inherited from Proto-Germanic *witaną (know, wit) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (know, have seen).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wóyde

Gloss

know, have seen

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

知

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