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Knabo etymology

af Noah, 30. apr. 2005

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Sprog: English

Noah (Vise profilen) 30. apr. 2005 01.06.38

JoyGerhardt (Vise profilen) 13. maj 2005 01.20.17

German "Knabe".

Jhoanna (Vise profilen) 21. nov. 2005 21.10.10

The Old English word for boy was "se cnapa," pronounced /se knapa/.  That's what I think of when I see the word "knabo," though I'm sure Zamenhof didn't have much if any knowledge about Old English.

*"se" is the Old English masculine form of the Modern English "the."

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