Proto-West Germanic

*kneht

‘servant, knight’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-West Germanic *kneht.

3 English words in this record descend from Proto-West Germanic *kneht, most familiar first.

• knight ← cniht
• knightly ← knyghtly ← knyght ← cniht
• knightship ← knyghtschipe ← knyght ← cniht

Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *kneht