Where does “קנײַפּער” come from?

קנײַפּער (Yiddish) comes 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-.

קנײַפּער (Yiddish): pliers; cockroach; stingy person

Definitions

  1. pliers; cockroach; stingy person

Ancestry of “קנײַפּער”, step by step

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