Where does “knijper” come from?

knijper (Dutch) comes from Dutch knijpen, from Middle Dutch knipen, from Old Dutch knīpen, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

knijper (Dutch): a clothespin

Definitions

  1. a clothespin

Ancestry of “knijper”, step by step

knijper traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch knijpen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchknijpento pinch, to squeeze
2Middle Dutchknipen—
3Old Dutchknīpen—
4Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
5Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →