köken: From Middle High German künnen, kunnen, from Old High German kunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). The umlauted ö in the infinitive and plural present—as well as the umlaut in the other modal verbs mögen (“to like”), müssen (“to have to”), and dürfen (“to be allowed to”)—is unexpected from an historical point of view.…
can, to be able to · may (of a choice) · to be possible; may, could be
çekim: geçmiş pu · ortaç pu · şimdiki peut · ulaç pouvant
köken: Inherited from Middle French povoir, from Old French povoir, pooir, from earlier Old French poeir, podeir, from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse. The /-v-/ was eventually added, after the loss of the intervocalic dental, to break hiatus. The archaic 1SG present indicative puis is from a Vulgar Latin *posseō (rather than possō), for which cf. Old Catalan puix. Cognates See also…
aile: advienne que pourra, autant que faire se peut, ne plus pouvoir voir en peinture, n'en plus pouvoir, n'en pouvoir mais, on ne peut plus, quand on veut, on peut, qui peut le plus peut le moins, sauve qui peut, tu peux causer
Je peux venir ce soir.
On est des étoiles dans ce ciel bleu clair et on mettra les voiles quand on pourra le faire.
çekim: geçmiş мо́гший · ortaç мо́гший · şimdiki мо́жет · ulaç могу́щий
eş: быть в состоянии, быть в силах, уметь
köken: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *moťi, from Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-. Cognate to Ancient Greek μῆχος (mêkhos, “means, remedy”) and Proto-Germanic *maganą (“to be able, may”) (whence English may, might).
can, to be able to · may, can, to be allowed to · to be possible
çekim: geçmiş konden · ortaç gekund · şimdiki kan · ulaç kunnend
köken: From Middle Dutch connen, cunnen, from Old Dutch cunnan, from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.
aile: aankunnen, achter het behang kunnen plakken, alleskunner, geen pap meer kunnen zeggen, het kan wel lijden, kunde, kunst
Hij kon goed rennen, omdat hij een getraind sportbeoefenaar was.
çekim: geçmiş consegui · ortaç conseguido · şimdiki consegue
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *cōnsequīre or cōnsequere, from Latin cōnsequī. By surface analysis, con- (“co-”) + seguir (“to follow”).
to be able to do · to be finished, to be ready · be made
çekim: geçmiş できた
eş: 成る, 仕上がる, 出来上がる
köken: /ideku/ → /deku/ → /dekuru/ → /dekiru/ Originally appears in the Man'yōshū of 759 CE and other Old Japanese texts as 出(い)で来(く) (ideku), as a compound of 出(い)で (ide, “going out”, the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 出(い)づ (izu, ancient idu, ancient form of modern 出(で)る (deru, “to come out, to go out”))) + 来(く) (ku, “to come”, the ancient form of modern 来(く)る…
ジョンさんはフランス語ができる。
準備は出来た。 Junbi wa dekita. Preparations are finished. → I'm ready. よくできましたね。
to be able; can; may, might expressing lack of something blocking action · to be able; can; may, might expressing permission · to be able; can; may, might expressing high probability
çekim: geçmiş możono · şimdiki może
eş: wolno, może, być może, możliwe że
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-tisder. Proto-Balto-Slavic *-tei Proto-Slavic *-ti Proto-Slavic *moťì Old Polish móc Polish móc Inherited from Old Polish móc.
köken: Possibly cognate with Arabic وَكَلَ (wakala, “to trust”), also found in Akkadian and Ethiopic, from Proto-Semitic *wakal-. Alternatively, Huehnergard and Olyan propose k-h-l as the proto-root.
be able to, can, may · in the 3rd person singular (pote est): it may be, it is possible · to have influence or efficacy, to avail, to have power over, to have mastery of, to rule over
çekim: şimdiki potest · ulaç potēns
zıt: nequeō
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin possum From Proto-Italic *possom, from *potis (“master in control of”) + *som (“to be”). By surface analysis, potis + sum. Cognates include Oscan 𐌐𐌞𐌕𐌝𐌀𐌃 (pútíad, “to be able”) and…
to be able, can (with an infinitive) · to be allowed, may (with an infinitive) · could, would, might (with an infinitive, expressing potential mood)
çekim: geçmiş kunnet · ortaç kunnet · ulaç kunnende
köken: From Old Norse kunna, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, cognate with English con, German können. The Germanic verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know”), which is also the source of the Danish words kende (“to know”), kunde (“customer”), kundskab (“knowledge”), kunst (“art”).
venom: a poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging · bad: unfavorable, negative, evil, unhealthy
çekim: çoğul bisa-bisa
köken: From Malay bisa (“venom”), from Sanskrit विष (viṣa, “poison”), Proto-Indo-Aryan *wiṣás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós (“poison”). Doublet of virus.