Where does “nijpen” come from?
nijpen (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch nipen, from Old Dutch nīpen, from Proto-Germanic *hnīpan, from Proto-Germanic hnīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European kneybʰ-.
nijpen (Dutch): to pinch, squeeze
Ancestry of “nijpen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle Dutch | nipen | to pinch, to squeeze |
| 2 | Old Dutch | nīpen | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *hnīpan | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hnīpaną | to pinch, to squeeze |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kneybʰ- | — |
Words derived from “nijpen”