•to probably do, think that one does [with first infinitive] (active past participle: tainnut or taitanut) · to know, command, have a command of, have a proficiency in, have mastered (active past participle: taitanut)
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.…
köken: This is a compound phrase of the interrogative particle か (ka, used to form questions, also used as a coordinating particle similar to English whether), the inclusive particle も (mo, “even, also”) plus the negative potential non-past form 知(し)れない (shirenai, literally “can not know”) of the verb 知(し)る (shiru, “to know something”), all together literally meaning “can not even know whether…
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: From må (“may, might”) + ske (“happen”), after Middle Low German machschēn (“mayhap”). Compare with Norwegian kanskje and Swedish kanske. Compare also English mayhap and Dutch misschien.
köken: Borrowed from Old Khmer ʼāca, ʼāc, ʼâca, ʼācca, ʼac, ʼac, hāc (“to be able, capable, or competent; to allow, to permit; etc”). See อำนาจ (am-nâat, “power, authority”), borrowed from an extended form of the Khmer, for more.
can, to be able · to father, to beget · to obtain, achieve
çekim: geçmiş gat
köken: From Old Norse geta (whence also English get), from Proto-Germanic *getaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“take, seize”). Compare Danish gide, Swedish gitta, English get.
aile: eins og hann frekast gat, eins og nærri má geta