Where does “kinipí” come from?

kinipí (Papiamentu) comes from Dutch knijpen, from Middle Dutch knipen, from Old Dutch knīpen, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

kinipí (Papiamentu): to squeeze

Definitions

  1. to squeeze

Ancestry of “kinipí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchknijpento pinch, to squeeze
2Middle Dutchknipen—
3Old Dutchknīpen—
4Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
5Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →