Etymology of the English word canny
the English word
cannyusing the English suffix
-yderived from the English word
canderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gnō-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gno-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*kannaDate
The earliest known usage of canny in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
uncannyUsage
Word found in Modern English
