Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnippōną
Proto-Germanic edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Verb edit
*hnippōną[1]
- to pinch
Inflection edit
Conjugation of *hnippōną (weak class 2)
Alternative reconstructions edit
- *hnippijaną[2]
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Proto-West Germanic: *hnippōn
- Old Norse: hnippa
- Icelandic: hnippa