Where does “knibe” come from?

knibe (Danish) comes from Middle Low German knīpen, from Old Saxon knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

knibe (Danish): pinch, predicament, tight spot, difficulties; to...

Definitions

  1. pinch, predicament, tight spot, difficulties; to...

Ancestry of “knibe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanknīpento squeeze
2Old Saxonknīpan—
3Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
4Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knīpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic knīpan →
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