knappo
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *knappô (“boy, youth”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnebʰ- (“to press, tighten”). Compare Old English cnapa, Dutch knaap, Old Frisian knapa, Old Norse knapi. See also the related knabo.
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