kneg
Afrikaans
/knɛχ/
noun
Definitions
- servant
Etymology
Inherited from Dutch, Flemish knecht (servant, employee, hand, assistant) inherited from Middle Dutch cnecht inherited from Old Dutch *kneht inherited from Proto-Germanic *knehtaz.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*knehtaz
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boerenknecht Dutch, Flemish
- dienstknecht Dutch, Flemish
- knecht Dutch, Flemish
- knechtschap Dutch, Flemish
- landsknecht Dutch, Flemish
- lansknecht Dutch, Flemish
- stalknecht Dutch, Flemish
- toneelknecht Dutch, Flemish
- veeknecht Dutch, Flemish
- voetknecht Dutch, Flemish
- *knehtaz Proto-Germanic
- cniht Old English
- kenek Indonesian
- cnecht Middle Dutch
- kneht Old High German
- *kneht gmw-pro
- *kneht Old Dutch
- knecht Middle Low German
- kneht Old Saxon