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