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Where does “cnapo” come from?

cnapo (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic knappō — boy.

cnapo (Old Dutch): servant, assistant

Definitions

  1. servant, assistant

Ancestry of “cnapo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicknappōboy

Words derived from “cnapo”

  • knaap
  • knapenschenner
  • schildknaap
  • wonderknaap
  • knapenliefde
  • schandknaap
  • knapenschennis
  • cnāpe
Every word from Proto-West Germanic knappō →