Where does “knipen” come from?

knipen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch knīpen, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

Ancestry of “knipen”, step by step

knipen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Dutch knīpen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchknīpen—
2Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
3Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—

via Proto-Germanic *knīpan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*knīpan—

Words derived from “knipen”

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