Where does “קנײַפּן” come from?
קנײַפּן (Yiddish) comes from Middle Low German knīpen, from Old Saxon knīpan, from Proto-West Germanic knīpan, from Proto-Germanic knīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneybʰ-.
קנײַפּן (Yiddish): pinch
Ancestry of “קנײַפּן”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | knīpen | to squeeze |
| 2 | Old Saxon | knīpan | — |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | knīpan | to pinch |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | knīpaną | to pinch |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneybʰ- | — |
Words derived from “קנײַפּן”