Where does “nijbe” come from?

nijbe (Inari Sami) comes from Proto-Samic nijpē, from Proto-Germanic knībaz, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

nijbe (Inari Sami): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “nijbe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Samicnijpēknife
2Proto-Germanicknībazpincers; shears; knife
3Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knīpaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic knībaz →