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Source:*znatiProto-Slaviccertain

Polish wiem and Czech vím 'I know' are cognate with Russian ве́дать (old) and ве́дьма 'witch', 'one who knows'.

I knowI'm learning

English

to know

Polish

wiedzieć

ˈvjɛdʑɛtɕ

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Russian
знатьznatʹ
znatʲinherited
Ukrainian
зна́тиznaty
ˈznatɪinherited
Polish
wiedzieć
ˈvjɛdʑɛtɕdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *věděti 'to know (a fact)'
Znać means 'to know, be acquainted with' (a person, a place).
Czech
vědět
ˈvjɛɟɛtdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *věděti 'to know (a fact)'
Znát means 'to know, be acquainted with' (a person, a place).
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
znatiзнати
ˈznatiinherited
English
to know
Distant English relative: know — Know and *znati share the Indo-European root *ǵneh₃- (Latin gnoscere).