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.
to be able to, can · to be familiar with something, or with someone's personality
çekim: geçmiş pude · ortaç podido · şimdiki puede
eş: gobierno
köken: Inherited from Vulgar Latin potēre, regularization of Latin posse.
aile: a más no poder, hasta más no poder, no poder con su alma, no poder hacer carrera, no poder tragar, no poder ver, no puede ser, poder con, puede que, querer es poder
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”).
I can, be able · I may · μπορεί (boreí) it is possible, it may, maybe, perhaps it… (impersonal)
çekim: geçmiş μπόρεσα · ortaç έχοντας μπορέσει · şimdiki μπορεί · ulaç μπορώντας
köken: Inherited from Byzantine Greek ἐμπορῶ (emporô), ἠμπορῶ (ēmporô), ultimately from Ancient Greek εὐπορέω (euporéō, “to thrive, prosper, find means”) (with a folk etymology connection to ἔμπορος m (émporos, “merchant”)).
to be able to, be capable of, can, be competent at
çekim: geçmiş kyennyt · şimdiki kykenee · ulaç kykenevä
köken: kyk- + -etä. The root is of unknown origin, but shared with kyky. Cognate with Ingrian kyetä and Karelian kyvetä, which may both be borrowed from Finnish. According to Koponen (1998), furthermore possibly related to Võro küündima (“to reach”) (? < *kügV-ntü-).
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”).
çekim: geçmiş galė́jo · ortaç galė́jęs · ulaç gãlįs
köken: galia + -ėti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *galḗˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“able, powerful”), related to Proto-Slavic *golěmъ (“big”), as well as Proto-Celtic *galnati (“to be able”) (whence Welsh gallu (“to be able”)) and *galā (“ability”).