Where does “knickern” come from?

knickern (German) comes from German knicken, from Middle Low German knicken, from Proto-Germanic knikkoną — to fold, snap.

knickern (German): to be stingy

Definitions

  1. to be stingy

Ancestry of “knickern”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknickento crease; to fold; to bend; to be creased; to be...
2Middle Low Germanknickento bend; to snap
3Proto-Germanicknikkonąto fold, snap
Every word from Proto-Germanic knikkoną →Every word from Middle Low German knicken →Every word from German knicken →