Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnīpaną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *kneybʰ-. The root final -p was adopted from the iterative *hnippōną.
Likely related to *knīpaną, but it's unclear how the variation of the initial consonant arose.
Verb[edit]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *hnīpaną (strong class 1)
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *hnīpan