Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnīpaną

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This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

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Etymology

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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

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*hnīpaną[1][2]

  1. to pinch, to squeeze

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Proto-West Germanic: *hnīpan
    • Old Saxon: *hnīpan
    • Old Dutch: *nīpen

References

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  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “*hnīpan-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel (2003) “*xnīpanan”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 180