Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/knappō

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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[edit]

Alternative reconstructions[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

*knappō m

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

Inflection[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  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]‎[1] (in Swedish), Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups förlag, page 327