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

Definitions

  1. to pinch, to squeeze

Ancestry of “knijpen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchknipen—
2Old Dutchknīpen—
3Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
4Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—

Words derived from “knijpen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →
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