Where does “knecht” come from?

knecht (Middle Low German) comes from Old English cneht, from Proto-West Germanic kneht — youth, boy; servant, knight.

knecht (Middle Low German): servant; journeyman, knight's servant

Definitions

  1. servant; journeyman, knight's servant

Ancestry of “knecht”, step by step

knecht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English cneht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishcnehtAlternative form of cniht
2Proto-West Germanicknehtyouth, boy; servant, knight

via Old Saxon kneht

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonkneht—

Words derived from “knecht”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic kneht →Every word from Old English cneht →
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