Where does “Knäblein” come from?

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

Knäblein (German): Diminutive of Knabe

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of Knabe

Ancestry of “Knäblein”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknabeknave, boy, lad
2Middle High Germanknabe—
3Old High Germanknaboboy
4Proto-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 →
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