Scots can

← Old English cann (inherited)

← Old English cunnan (mention)

← English know (mention)

← Middle English can (inherited)

← Middle English connen (mention)

← Middle English cunnen (mention)

← Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (inherited)

← Proto-West Germanic *kunnan (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (inherited)

→ English can (cognate)

→ English canny (mention)

→ Scots canna (suffix)

→ Scots canny (mention)

→ Scots cannae (suffix)

→ Scots mey (link)

→ Scots chumli-can (compound)