cnapa
Old English
noun
Definitions
- boy; lad; young man
- servant
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *knappô (knob, youth, boy, lump, button) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (tighten, press).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gnebʰ-
Gloss
tighten, press
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Knapp English
- knape English
- knop Dutch, Flemish
- *gen- Proto-Indo-European
- *gnebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *knabô Proto-Germanic
- *knappô Proto-Germanic
- cnæpp Old English
- knape Middle English
- knappe Middle English
- knappen Middle English
- hnappr Old Norse
- hneppr Old Norse
- knappr Old Norse
- kneppa Old Norse
- knobbe Middle Dutch
- knappo Old High German
- knappe Middle High German
- *knabō gmw-pro
- knobbe Middle Low German
- knōp Middle Low German