Where does “Prügelknabe” come from?
Prügelknabe (German) comes from German knabe, from Middle High German knabe, from Old High German knabo, from Proto-West Germanic knabō — alternative reconstruction of *knappō.
Prügelknabe (German): whipping boy
Ancestry of “Prügelknabe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | knabe | — |
| 2 | Middle High German | knabe | — |
| 3 | Old High German | knabo | boy |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | knabō | alternative reconstruction of *knappō |