Where does “kneifen” come from?

kneifen (German) comes 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-.

kneifen (German): to pinch, to squeeze; to chicken out; to back...

Definitions

  1. to pinch, to squeeze; to chicken out; to back...

Ancestry of “kneifen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankneipenarchaic or dialectal Northern form of kneifen; to...
2Middle Low Germanknīpento squeeze
3Old Saxonknīpan—
4Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
5Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—

Words derived from “kneifen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knīpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic knīpan →