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
Ancestry of “knīpen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Saxon | knīpan | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | knīpan | to pinch |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | knīpaną | to pinch |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneybʰ- | — |
Words derived from “knīpen”