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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnīpaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic *hnīpan →