Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knippōną

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Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵnibʰ-néh₂-ti, an iterative verb from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneybʰ- (“to pinch”) which also gave rise to the strong verb *knīpaną. Compare Lithuanian gnýbti, žnýbti (“to pinch”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈknip.pɔː.nɑ̃/

Verb

*knippōną[1]

  1. to pinch
  2. to cut, to snap
  3. to wink

Inflection

Conjugation of *knippōną (weak class 2)
active voice passive voice
present tense indicative subjunctive imperative indicative subjunctive
1st singular *knippō *knippǭ — *knippōi ?
2nd singular *knippōsi *knippōs *knippō *knippōsai *knippōsau
3rd singular *knippōþi *knippō *knippōþau *knippōþai *knippōþau
1st dual *knippōs *knippōw — — —
2nd dual *knippōþiz *knippōþiz *knippōþiz — —
1st plural *knippōmaz *knippōm — *knippōnþai *knippōnþau
2nd plural *knippōþ *knippōþ *knippōþ *knippōnþai *knippōnþau
3rd plural *knippōnþi *knippōn *knippōnþau *knippōnþai *knippōnþau
past tense indicative subjunctive
1st singular *knippōdǭ *knippōdēdį̄
2nd singular *knippōdēz *knippōdēdīz
3rd singular *knippōdē *knippōdēdī
1st dual *knippōdēdū *knippōdēdīw
2nd dual *knippōdēdudiz *knippōdēdīdiz
1st plural *knippōdēdum *knippōdēdīm
2nd plural *knippōdēdud *knippōdēdīd
3rd plural *knippōdēdun *knippōdēdīn
present past
participles *knippōndz *knippōdaz

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Guus Kroonen (2013) “*knipp/bōn-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 297
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