Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/knippōną
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 (“to pinch”). Compare Lithuanian gnýbti (“idem”), žnýbti (“to pinch, snuff a candle”).[1] Whether the root further derives from a Proto-Indo-European *ǵen-, *gen- (“to pinch, squeeze, bend, press, ball up”) (whence perhaps *knudaną (“to knead”)) is unclear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈknip.pɔː.nɑ̃/
Verb
*knippōną[1]
Inflection
| 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
Descendants
- Proto-West Germanic: *knippōn