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): knave, boy, lad

Definitions

  1. knave, boy, lad

Ancestry of “knabe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanknabe—
2Old High Germanknaboboy
3Proto-West Germanicknabōalternative reconstruction of *knappō

Words derived from “knabe”

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