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.
Ancestry of “knabe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle High German | knabe | — |
| 2 | Old High German | knabo | boy |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | knabō | alternative reconstruction of *knappō |