Where does “nipen” come from?
nipen (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch nīpen, from Proto-Germanic *hnīpan, from Proto-Germanic hnīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European kneybʰ-.
nipen (Middle Dutch): to pinch, to squeeze
Ancestry of “nipen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Dutch | nīpen | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | *hnīpan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hnīpaną | to pinch, to squeeze |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kneybʰ- | — |
Words derived from “nipen”