Where does “knīpen” come from?

knīpen (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

knīpen (Middle Low German): to squeeze

Definitions

  1. to squeeze

Ancestry of “knīpen”, step by step

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

Words derived from “knīpen”

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