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Where does “kneht” come from?
kneht
(Proto-West Germanic): youth, boy; servant, knight
Definitions
youth, boy; servant, knight
Words derived from “kneht”
knight
Knight
knightly
lansquenet
unknightly
Knightian
knightliness
Lanzo
Landsknecht
knightship
knightlike
knightage
knightess
unknightliness
knighthead
knightless
knightling
knightlihood
unknightlike
beknight
unknight
knightdom
kneht
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