Etymology Explorer › Proto-West Germanic

Where does “kneht” come from?

kneht (Proto-West Germanic): youth, boy; servant, knight

Definitions

  1. youth, boy; servant, knight

Words derived from “kneht”

  • knight
  • Knight
  • lansquenet
  • Knightian
  • Landsknecht
  • knightship
  • knightlike
  • knightage
  • knightess
  • knighthead
  • knightless
  • knightling
  • unknightlike
  • beknight
  • unknight
  • knightdom
  • knighteth
  • knightress
  • knightlet
  • merknight
  • knightable
  • lanzichenecco
  • ландскнехт
  • кнехт