What is the Konnik based on?

[Yoda Nobunaga]

I'm interested in the history of it and I want to know what caused its current design. Where did the name Konnik come from? Why does it have a flail?

Google has been unhelpful so if anyone has, like, an interview with the designer of the Bulgarians or something I'll be grateful.

[Jäveln]

well i would suggest checking spirit of the law on youtube bulgarian history its the closest i could get to find info about it

[Yoda Nobunaga]

Originally posted by Jäveln:

well i would suggest checking spirit of the law on youtube bulgarian history its the closest i could get to find info about it

I think this is what I was looking for. Thank you.

[Juggernaut]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madara_Rider

[Quarantined_villager]

You can check the Konnik info in the fandom site as well: https://ageofempires.fandom.com/es/wiki/Konnik

[mrmagma]

Konnik. The name is certainly of Slavic origin. It is a cavalryman (perhaps a military cavalryman) in Bulgarian. A similar name can be found in Russian, derivative names in Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian, Polish, even Czech. Although these languages, like Russian, usually use other names for the classical name - horseman/rider - the above mentioned is more of a variant. In Czech, for example, the name koník has the meaning not of rider, but of little horse. Although there is also the word koňák, which is a non-literal term for someone who is around horses (takes care of them, trains them, rides them).

In the Bulgarian version of Wikipedia, the name konnik is listed as follows: Конник (Древен Рим), Конникът (на латински: Eques) е представител на социална прослойка в Древен Рим, наречена Конническо съсловие. Horseman (Ancient Rome), A horseman (Latin: Eques) was a member of a social class in ancient Rome called the Equestrian gentry.