Where does “Kjnajcht” come from?

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

Kjnajcht (Plautdietsch): worker, laborer

Definitions

  1. worker, laborer

Ancestry of “Kjnajcht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanknechtservant; journeyman, knight's servant
2Old EnglishcnehtAlternative form of cniht
3Proto-West Germanicknehtyouth, boy; servant, knight

Words derived from “Kjnajcht”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic kneht →Every word from Old English cneht →Every word from Middle Low German knecht →