Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/kneht

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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

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Etymology

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Unknown.[1]

Noun

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*kneht m[2][1]

  1. youth, boy
    Synonyms: *knabō, *knappō
  2. servant, knight

Inflection

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Masculine a-stem
Singular
Nominative *kneht
Genitive *knehtas
Singular Plural
Nominative *kneht *knehtō, *knehtōs
Accusative *kneht *knehtā
Genitive *knehtas *knehtō
Dative *knehtē *knehtum
Instrumental *knehtu *knehtum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Knecht”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 383:wg. *knehta-
  2. ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127:*kneht