kjän
Westrobothnian
verb
Definitions
- To feel.
- To know, be knowledgeable about something.
- To know someone.
- (with particle) To recognise someone.
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse kenna (know, feel, perceive) inherited from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (know, make known).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kannijaną
Gloss
know, make known
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
- *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- kjenne Norwegian Bokmål
- *kannijaną Proto-Germanic
- kjenna Norwegian Nynorsk
- cennan Old English
- kenna Old Norse
- kende Danish
- kenna Icelandic
- kennan Old High German
- kennen Old High German
- kenna Faroese
- 𐌺𐌰𐌽𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *kannijan gmw-pro
- kennian Old Saxon
- kænna Old Swedish
- kenna Old Frisian