weten

Dutch (Brabantic)

/ˈʋeːtə(n)/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to know (knowledge)
  • (transitive) to remember
  • (auxiliary) to be able to, to manage to (literally, "to know how to/to know of a way to")

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch wēten inherited from Old Dutch witan inherited from *witan inherited from Proto-Germanic *witaną (know, wit) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wóyde (know, have seen), *weyd- (see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weyd-

Gloss

see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

知

Emoji
🙈 🪚

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