Where does “knaĉjo” come from?

knaĉjo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto knabo, from German knabe, from Middle High German knabe, from Old High German knabo, from Proto-West Germanic knabō — alternative reconstruction of *knappō.

knaĉjo (Esperanto): hypocoristic form of

Definitions

  1. hypocoristic form of

Ancestry of “knaĉjo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoknaboboy
2Germanknabeknave, boy, lad
3Middle High Germanknabe—
4Old High Germanknaboboy
5Proto-West Germanicknabōalternative reconstruction of *knappō
Every word from Proto-West Germanic knabō →Every word from Old High German knabo →Every word from Middle High German knabe →