Proto-West Germanic *kannijan

→ Old English cennan (inherited)

→ German kennen (inherited)

→ Middle Dutch kennen (inherited)

→ West Frisian kenne (inherited)

→ Luxembourgish kennen (inherited)

→ Mòcheno kennen (inherited)

→ Low German kennen (inherited)

→ Dutch kennen (inherited)

→ Old Dutch kennen (inherited)

→ Scots ken (inherited)