Where does “kneht” come from?
kneht (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic kneht — youth, boy; servant, knight.
Ancestry of “kneht”, step by step
kneht traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-West Germanic kneht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-West Germanic | kneht | youth, boy; servant, knight |
via Proto-Germanic *kneht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Germanic | *kneht | — |