cun

cun · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵn̥néh₃ti
3. Proto-Germanic*kunnaną
4. Proto-West Germanic*kunnan
5. Old Englishcunnan
6. Middle Englishcunnen
7. English todaycun

From Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how (to)”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know”). Doublet of con.

cun · verb²

See conn, cond.

cun · noun³

1. Chinese · borrowed from寸
2. English todaycun

From Chinese 寸 (cùn). Doublet of sun.

Words from the same roots