Where does “kniepen” come from?

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

kniepen (German): to blink

Definitions

  1. to blink

Ancestry of “kniepen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1German Low Germankniepento squeeze; to blink
2Middle Low Germanknīpento squeeze
3Old Saxonknīpan—
4Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
5Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knīpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic knīpan →