Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knappō

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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

1. 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 Frisian: knapa, knappa, kneppa
• 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
• Old High German: knappo
  • Middle High German: knappe
    • German: Knappe
    • Mòcheno: knòpp

References

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