Where does “קניפּל” come from?

קניפּל (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish קניפּ, from Yiddish קנײַפּן, from Middle Low German knīpen, from Old Saxon knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.

קניפּל (Yiddish): little pinch

Definitions

  1. little pinch

Ancestry of “קניפּל”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishקניפּpinch, nip, tweak
2Yiddishקנײַפּןpinch
3Middle Low Germanknīpento squeeze
4Old Saxonknīpan—
5Proto-West Germanicknīpanto pinch
6Proto-Germanicknīpanąto pinch
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵneybʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knīpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic knīpan →
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