Where does “knajpa” come from?

knajpa (Polish) comes from German Kneipe, from German kneipen, from Middle Low German knīpen, from Old Saxon knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

knajpa (Polish): mediocre pub

Definitions

  1. mediocre pub

Ancestry of “knajpa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanKneipepub, bar; a student’s cramped dwelling
2Germankneipenarchaic or dialectal Northern form of kneifen; to...
3Middle Low Germanknīpento squeeze
4Old Saxonknīpan—
5Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
6Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—

Words derived from “knajpa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knīpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic knīpan →