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Where does “knīpan” come from?

knīpan (Old Saxon) comes from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

Ancestry of “knīpan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
2Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—

Words derived from “knīpan”

  • verkneifen
  • Kneifzange
  • kniepen
  • kneifen
  • kneipen
  • Kneipe
  • Kneipensterben
  • Stammkneipe
  • knijp
  • knajpa
  • knejpe
  • knajpa
  • knæpa
  • кнайпа
  • קנײַפּן
  • קנײַפּער
  • knīpen
  • kniepen
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