Where does “קנעכט” come from?
קנעכט (Yiddish) comes from Old High German kneht, from Proto-West Germanic kneht — youth, boy; servant, knight.
קנעכט (Yiddish): servant, slave
Ancestry of “קנעכט”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old High German | kneht | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | kneht | youth, boy; servant, knight |