Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knabō

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

Noun

*knabō m^[1]

Alternative reconstruction of *knappō (“boy”)

Inflection

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

Descendants

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

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”

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