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Where does “nīpen” come from?

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

Ancestry of “nīpen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanic*hnīpan—
2Proto-Germanichnīpanąto pinch, to squeeze
3Proto-Indo-Europeankneybʰ-—

Words derived from “nīpen”

  • nip
  • nippy
  • nipper
  • nipt
  • frostnip
  • nipperkin
  • nippily
  • nipcheese
  • nippiness
  • nippeth
  • nippitate
  • nippitato
  • nippage
  • nijpen
  • nippen
  • nipen
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