Knight
English
/naɪt/
proper noun
Definitions
- for someone who was a mounted soldier.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English knyghte inherited from Old English cniht (servant, young man, boy, youth).
Origin
Old English
cniht
Gloss
servant, young man, boy, youth
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Knightian English
- Knightsbridge English
- *knehtaz Proto-Germanic
- cniht Old English
- cnihthad Old English
- cnihtlic Old English
- cnihtwesende Old English
- incniht Old English
- leornungcniht Old English
- knight Middle English
- knyghte Middle English