Where does “Knabe” come from?

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

Knabe (German): boy; lad

Definitions

  1. boy; lad

Ancestry of “Knabe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanknabe—
2Old High Germanknaboboy
3Proto-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 →