Where does “knabo” come from?

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

knabo (Esperanto): boy

Definitions

  1. boy

Ancestry of “knabo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknabeknave, boy, lad
2Middle High Germanknabe—
3Old High Germanknaboboy
4Proto-West Germanicknabōalternative reconstruction of *knappō

Words derived from “knabo”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic knabō →Every word from Old High German knabo →Every word from Middle High German knabe →