Where does “Kneipensterben” come from?
Kneipensterben (German) comes from German Kneipe, from German kneipen, from Middle Low German knīpen, from Old Saxon knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.
Kneipensterben (German): the socio-economic phenomenon of the declining...
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Ancestry of “Kneipensterben”, step by step
Kneipensterben traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Kneipe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Kneipe | pub, bar; a student’s cramped dwelling |
| 2 | German | kneipen | archaic or dialectal Northern form of kneifen; to... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | knīpen | to squeeze |
| 4 | Old Saxon | knīpan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | knīpan | to pinch |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | knīpaną | to pinch |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneybʰ- | — |
via German sterben
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | sterben | to die; to die of a death |
| 2 | Middle High German | sterben | — |
| 3 | Old High German | sterban | "strong class III"; to die, become lifeless |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *sterban | to die |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sterbaną | to become stiff; to die, become lifeless |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)terp- | to lose force; lose sensibility, become numb; be... |