Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knabō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *knabô.

Noun

*knabō m[1]

boy

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*knabō
Genitive	*knabini
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*knabō	*knaban
Accusative	*knaban	*knaban
Genitive	*knabini	*knabanō
Dative	*knabini	*knabum
Instrumental	*knabini	*knabum

Descendants

Old English: cnafa
- Middle English: knave, cnave, knafe, cnafe, knaffe, knaue, knawe, knaf, knaw
  - English: knave
  - Scots: knave, knafe, knaif
Old Saxon: *knabo, *knavo
- Middle Low German: knābe, knāve
  - Low German: knawe
Old High German: knabo, chnabo
- Middle High German: knabe
  - German: Knabe

References

Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *knabō”

[1] Ringe, Donald; Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 192: “PWGmc *knabō”