Where does “cnīf” come from?

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

cnīf (Old English): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “cnīf”, step by step

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

Words derived from “cnīf”

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