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.…
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.
possible, contingent, incidental (able but not certain to happen) · possible, feasible, viable [with allative ‘to someone’] (capable of being done or achieved) · potential (existing in possibility, not in actuality)
çekim: karşılaştırma mahdollisempi · üstünlük mahdollisin
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin possum Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin possibilis From possum (“to be able to”) + -bilis.
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.