Where does “*knīf” come from?

*knīf (Old Frisian) comes from Proto-West Germanic knīb, from Proto-Germanic knībaz, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

*knīf (Old Frisian): knife

Definitions

  1. knife

Ancestry of “*knīf”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicknībknife
2Proto-Germanicknībazpincers; shears; knife
3Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knīpaną →Every word from Proto-Germanic knībaz →