Where does “knīpen” come from?

knīpen (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

Ancestry of “knīpen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
2Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
3Proto-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 →