Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knīpaną
Proto-Germanic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *ǵneybʰ-. The root final -p was adopted from the iterative *knippōną.
Likely related to *hnīpaną, but it's unclear how the variation of the initial consonant arose.
Verb
edit- to pinch
Inflection
editConjugation of *knīpaną (strong class 1)
Descendants
edit- Proto-West Germanic: *knīpan