Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knippōną
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Proto-Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵnibʰ-néh₂-ti, an iterative verb from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneybʰ- (“to pinch”) which also gave rise to the strong verb *knīpaną. Compare Lithuanian gnýbti, žnýbti (“to pinch”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
*knippōną[1]
Inflection[edit]
Conjugation of *knippōną (weak class 2)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Proto-West Germanic: *knippōn