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

Definitions

  1. to pinch, to squeeze

Ancestry of “nipen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchnīpen—
2Proto-Germanic*hnīpan—
3Proto-Germanichnīpanąto pinch, to squeeze
4Proto-Indo-Europeankneybʰ-—

Words derived from “nipen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnīpaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hnīpan →