Where does “kniv” come from?

kniv (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Old Norse knífr, from Proto-Germanic knībaz, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

kniv (Norwegian Nynorsk): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “kniv”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norseknífrknife
2Proto-Germanicknībazpincers; shears; knife
3Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—

Words derived from “kniv”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knīpaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic knībaz →