Words that come from Proto-West Germanic “kneht”

59 words across 21 languages descend from Proto-West Germanic kneht — including knight, Knight, lansquenet, Knightian, Landsknecht, knightship, knightlike, knightage.

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English (21)

German (7)

Dutch (5)

Old English (5)

Middle English (4)

Russian (2)

French (1)

Danish (1)

Old Dutch (1)

Italian (1)

Luxembourgish (1)

Georgian (1)

Old Frisian (1)

Yiddish (1)

Westrobothnian (1)

Saterland Frisian (1)

Middle Low German (1)

Old High German (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Old Saxon (1)

Middle High German (1)