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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kneybʰ-. The root final -p was adopted from the iterative *hnippōną.
Likely related to *knīpaną, but it's unclear how the variation of the initial consonant arose.
Verb
*hnīpaną[1][2]
- to pinch, to squeeze
Inflection
Conjugation of
*hnīpaną (strong class 1)
Descendants
References
- ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hnīpan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xnīpanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180