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Where does “cnafa” come from?

cnafa (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic knabô.

cnafa (Old English): boy; lad; young man

Definitions

  1. boy; lad; young man

Ancestry of “cnafa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicknabô—

Words derived from “cnafa”

  • knave
  • knavery
  • knavish
  • knavishly
  • knavishness
  • knaveship
  • beknave
  • knaveproof
  • knavess
  • knave
  • knaw
  • knafe
Every word from Proto-Germanic knabô →