Etymograph

English

knapskull

Knapskull may come from English knape ‘lad’.

  1. English1500–presentknape‘lad’uncertain
  2. Englishtodayknapskull

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentknape‘lad’uncertain
  2. Englishtodayknapskull

The story

A variant of knapscall; the first element is possibly knape (‘(UK, dialectal, obsolete) lad’), while the second element is unknown.uncertain The source flags this step as uncertain.

Every English word from English knape

Today it means

noun Synonym of knapscall (“a type of helmet generally worn by a low-ranking person, possibly a servant of a cavalryman”).

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Etymograph / English knape / knapskull

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