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
    • 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
      • → Esperanto: knabo
      • → Kashubian: knôp