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cann

cann

Old English

Noun

cann f

  1. a piece of knowledge
  2. cognizance
  3. confirmation, averment, a positive assertion
  4. clearance
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *kann ‎(“I, he, she can”), first and third person singular present tense of Proto-Germanic *kunnaną.

Alternative forms

Verb

cann

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cunnan
  2. third-person singular present indicative of cunnan

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kannō ‎(“knowledge”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną ‎(“to know how”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵen-, *ǵnō- ‎(“to know”), *ǵn̥néh₃-. Akin to Old Frisian kanna, kena ‎(“recognition, investigation”).

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