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Knabo etymology

door Noah, 30 april 2005

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Taal: English

Noah (Profiel tonen) 30 april 2005 01:06:38

JoyGerhardt (Profiel tonen) 13 mei 2005 01:20:17

German "Knabe".

Jhoanna (Profiel tonen) 21 november 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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