Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knīpaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From 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[edit]
Conjugation of *knīpaną (strong class 1)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *knīpan