Where does “nīpan” come from?

nīpan (Old Dutch) comes from Proto-Germanic *hnīpan, from Proto-Germanic hnīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European kneybʰ-.

Ancestry of “nīpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*hnīpan—
2Proto-Germanichnīpanąto pinch, to squeeze
3Proto-Indo-Europeankneybʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnīpaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hnīpan →
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