Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *hnīpanąScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_hnīpaną
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verbStrong class 1to pinch, to squeezeFrom 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.