Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “kniht” come from?

kniht (Middle English) comes from Old English cniht, from Proto-West Germanic kneht — youth, boy; servant, knight.

Ancestry of “kniht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcnihtboy; servant, attendant; male of high military...
2Proto-West Germanicknehtyouth, boy; servant, knight

Words derived from “kniht”

  • knight
  • knightship
  • knightlike
  • knightage
  • knightess
  • knighthead
  • knightling
  • knightless
  • unknightlike
  • beknight
  • unknight
  • knightdom
  • knightable
  • knightress
  • knighteth
  • knightlet
  • merknight
Every word from Proto-West Germanic kneht →