Knecht
German (Berlin)
/knɛçt/
noun
Definitions
- male servant, especially on a farm
- labourer
- menial
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German knëht inherited from Old High German kneht inherited from *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
- Landsknecht English
- beknight English
- knight English
- knightable English
- knightage English
- knightdom English
- knightess English
- knighteth English
- knighthead English
- knighthood English
- knightless English
- knightlet English
- knightlike English
- knightling English
- knightly English
- knightress English
- knightship English
- merknight English
- unknight English
- Folter German
- Folterknecht German
- Knechtschaft German
- Kriegs German
- Kriegsknecht German
- Land German
- Landsknecht German
- Mitknecht German
- knechtisch German
- lanzichenecco Italian
- 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
- lansquenet French
- кнехт Russian
- ландскнехт Russian
- knekt Norwegian Bokmål
- *knehtaz Proto-Germanic
- knekt Swedish
- teknekt Swedish
- knekt Norwegian Nynorsk
- cniht Old English
- knight Middle English
- knægt Danish
- kenek Indonesian
- cnecht Middle Dutch
- kneht Old High German
- kneg Afrikaans
- knëht Middle High German
- Kniecht Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *kneht gmw-pro
- *kneht Old Dutch
- ლანდსკნეხტი Georgian
- knecht Middle Low German
- kneht Old Saxon
- Chnëcht Alemannic German
- kneekt Westrobothnian