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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knippōną
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Proto-Germanic
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈknip.pɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*knippōną[1]
- to pinch
- to cut, to snap
- to wink
Inflection
Conjugation of *knippōną (weak class 2)
| active voice | passive voice | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
| 1st singular | *knippō | *knippǭ | — | *knippōi | ? |
| 2nd singular | *knippōsi | *knippōs | *knippō | *knippōsai | *knippōsau |
| 3rd singular | *knippōþi | *knippō | *knippōþau | *knippōþai | *knippōþau |
| 1st dual | *knippōs | *knippōw | — | — | — |
| 2nd dual | *knippōþiz | *knippōþiz | *knippōþiz | — | — |
| 1st plural | *knippōmaz | *knippōm | — | *knippōnþai | *knippōnþau |
| 2nd plural | *knippōþ | *knippōþ | *knippōþ | *knippōnþai | *knippōnþau |
| 3rd plural | *knippōnþi | *knippōn | *knippōnþau | *knippōnþai | *knippōnþau |
| past tense | indicative | subjunctive | |||
| 1st singular | *knippōdǭ | *knippōdēdį̄ | |||
| 2nd singular | *knippōdēz | *knippōdēdīz | |||
| 3rd singular | *knippōdē | *knippōdēdī | |||
| 1st dual | *knippōdēdū | *knippōdēdīw | |||
| 2nd dual | *knippōdēdudiz | *knippōdēdīdiz | |||
| 1st plural | *knippōdēdum | *knippōdēdīm | |||
| 2nd plural | *knippōdēdud | *knippōdēdīd | |||
| 3rd plural | *knippōdēdun | *knippōdēdīn | |||
| present | past | ||||
| participles | *knippōndz | *knippōdaz | |||
Related terms
- *hnīpaną
- *hnippōną
- *knībaz
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *knippōn
- Old Saxon: *knippon
- Middle Low German: knippen
- Low German: knippen
- Middle Low German: knippen
- Old Dutch: *cnippon
- Middle Dutch: knippen
- Dutch: knippen
- Middle Dutch: knippen
- Old Saxon: *knippon
References
- Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*knipp/bōn-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 297