knaap
Dutch (Brabantic)
/knaːp/
noun
Definitions
- boy, usually adolescent
- (by extension) Any human male, regardless of age
- (chiefly) A servant, helper
- A big one, whopper, said of a creature or an object
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch cnāpe inherited from Old Dutch cnapo inherited from *knabō 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
- beknave English
- knave English
- knaveproof English
- knavery English
- knaveship English
- knavess English
- knavish English
- Chorknabe German
- Knabe German
- Knabenficker German
- Knabenschändung German
- Knappe German
- Knappschaft German
- Knäblein German
- Lustknabe German
- knabenhaft German
- knäblich German
- edel Dutch, Flemish
- edelknaap Dutch, Flemish
- knapenliefde Dutch, Flemish
- knapenschenner Dutch, Flemish
- knapenschennis Dutch, Flemish
- knop Dutch, Flemish
- koor Dutch, Flemish
- koorknaap Dutch, Flemish
- liefde Dutch, Flemish
- schande Dutch, Flemish
- schandknaap Dutch, Flemish
- schenner Dutch, Flemish
- schennis Dutch, Flemish
- schild Dutch, Flemish
- schildknaap Dutch, Flemish
- wonder Dutch, Flemish
- wonderknaap Dutch, Flemish
- *gen- Proto-Indo-European
- *gnebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *knabô Proto-Germanic
- *knappô Proto-Germanic
- *knapô Proto-Germanic
- cnafa Old English
- cnapa Old English
- knave Middle English
- hnappr Old Norse
- hneppr Old Norse
- knappr Old Norse
- kneppa Old Norse
- knabo Esperanto
- knapi Icelandic
- cnāpe Middle Dutch
- knobbe Middle Dutch
- knabo Old High German
- knappo Old High German
- knabe Middle High German
- knappe Middle High German
- *knabō gmw-pro
- cnapo Old Dutch
- knape Middle Low German
- knobbe Middle Low German
- knōp Middle Low German
- knòpp Mòcheno