Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnippōną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈxnip.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*hnippōną[1]

  1. to pinch

Inflection

Alternative reconstructions

  • *hnippijaną[2]

Descendants

References

  1. 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
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xnippjanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180