Where does “knappe” come from?

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

Ancestry of “knappe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanknappolad
2Proto-West Germanicknappōboy

Words derived from “knappe

Every word from Proto-West Germanic knappōEvery word from Old High German knappo