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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
From earlier paradigm *hnippōþi ~ *hnibunanþi, from pre-Proto-Germanic *knibʰ-nā́-ti ~ *knibʰ-un-ánti, iterative from Proto-Indo-European *kneybʰ- (“to pinch”). Cognate with Latvian kniêbt, Lithuanian kniẽbti (“to pinch”).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
*hnippōną[1]
- to pinch
Inflection
Alternative reconstructions
Descendants
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hnippōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
- ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xnippjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180