Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knappō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Alternative reconstructions

*knabō, *knapō

Etymology

Unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language.^[1]^[2]

Noun

*knappō m

boy
Synonyms: *bojō, *kneht, *magu, *swain

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*knappō
Genitive	knappini, knappan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*knappō	*knappan
Accusative	*knappan	*knappan
Genitive	knappini, knappan	*knappanō
Dative	knappini, knappan	*knappum
Instrumental	knappini, knappan	*knappum

Descendants

Old English: cnapa
- Middle English: knape, cnape, knappe, cnapa, cnapæ
  - English: knape
  - Scots: knape, knaip
- ⇒ Old English: cnæpling
Old Frisian: knapa, knappa, kneppa
- West Frisian: knaap
Old Saxon: *knapo
- Middle Low German: knāpe, *knappe
  - Low German: knape, knawe
  - → Old Norse: knapi^[3]^[1]
    - Icelandic: knapi, knappi
    - Old Swedish: knapi
      - Swedish: knape
    - Danish: knabe
Old Dutch: *knapo
- Middle Dutch: knape
  - Dutch: knaap
    - Afrikaans: knaap
Old High German: knappo
- Middle High German: knappe
  - German: Knappe
  - Mòcheno: knòpp

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “kenep”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 211-212
^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Knabe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 381
^ Hellquist, Elof (1922) “knape”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 327

[OFED-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Boutkan, Dirk, Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005) “kenep”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 211-212

[2] Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Knabe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 381

[3] Hellquist, Elof (1922) “knape”, in Svensk etymologisk ordbok [Swedish etymological dictionary]‎ (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 327

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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knappō

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