Where does “knif” come from?

knif (Old Danish) comes from Old Norse knífr, from Proto-Germanic knībaz, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

Ancestry of “knif”, step by step

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

Words derived from “knif”

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