Where does “knijpen” come from?
knijpen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch knipen, from Old Dutch knīpen, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.
knijpen (Dutch): to pinch, to squeeze
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Words derived from “knijpen”