Dutch word ontkennen comes from Dutch ont-, Dutch kennen

Detailed word origin of ontkennen

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
ont-	Dutch (nld)	Forms inchoative verbs, indicating that a process is beginning. Un-, de-; forms verbs meaning to negate, remove or separate.
kennen	Dutch (nld)	(auxiliary, colloquial, dialectal). (transitive) to know (a person, a thing), be acquainted with.
ontkennen	Dutch (nld)	To deny (to assert to be false).

Words with the same origin as ontkennen