Where does “knip” come from?

knip (Dutch) comes from Swedish knipa, from Middle Low German knīpen, from Old Saxon knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

Definitions

Ancestry of “knip”, step by step

knip traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Swedish knipa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishknipaa jam; a common goldeneye; to squeeze
2Middle Low Germanknīpento squeeze
3Old Saxonknīpan—
4Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
5Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—

via Middle English knippen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishknippen—
2Dutchknippento cut with scissors; to cut; to make a pinching...
3Middle Dutchknippen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →