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Where does “cnihthād” come from?

cnihthād (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic knehtahaidu.

Ancestry of “cnihthād”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicknehtahaidu—

Words derived from “cnihthād”

  • knighthood
  • knyȝthod
  • knyghthode
Every word from Proto-West Germanic knehtahaidu →