Where does “knappe” come from?

knappe (German) comes from Middle High German knappe, from Old High German knappo, from Proto-West Germanic knappō — boy.

knappe (German): squire

Definitions

  1. squire

Ancestry of “knappe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanknappe—
2Old High Germanknappolad
3Proto-West Germanicknappōboy

Words derived from “knappe”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic knappō →Every word from Old High German knappo →Every word from Middle High German knappe →