Where does “knep” come from?

knep (Middle English) comes from English knap, from Middle English knap, from Old English cnæp, from Proto-Germanic knappô, from Proto-Indo-European gnebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European gen- — to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...

Ancestry of “knep”, step by step

knep traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English knap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishknapTo shape a brittle material having conchoidal...
2Middle EnglishknapAlternative form of knappe
3Old Englishcnæptop
4Proto-Germanicknappôknob, lump; button
5Proto-Indo-Europeangnebʰ-to press, tighten
6Proto-Indo-Europeangen-to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...

via Old English cnep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcnep—

via Middle Low German knepe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germanknepe—

Words derived from “knep”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gnebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knappô →