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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Dutch | knīpen | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | knīpan | to pinch |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | knīpaną | to pinch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneybʰ- | — |
Words derived from “knipen”