Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnipōną
Proto-Germanic
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editKroonen reconstructs this as an iterative verb from Proto-Indo-European *knibʰ-néh₂-ti. Related to Lithuanian knibti (“to sink, collapse”).[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*hnipōną[1]
Inflection
editConjugation of *hnipōną (weak class 2)