Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hnippōn

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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-West Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hnippōną.

Verb

*hnippōn

to pinch, to squeeze
to sip

Inflection

Class 2 weak
Infinitive	*hnippōn
1st sg. past	*hnippōdā
Infinitive	*hnippōn
Genitive infin.	*hnippōnijas
Dative infin.	*hnippōnijē
Instrum. infin.	*hnippōniju
Indicative	Present	Past
1st singular	*hnippō	*hnippōdā
2nd singular	*hnippōs	hnippōdēs, hnippōdōs
3rd singular	*hnippōþ	hnippōdē, hnippōdā
1st plural	*hnippōm	*hnippōdum
2nd plural	*hnippōþ	*hnippōdud
3rd plural	*hnippōnþ	*hnippōdun
Subjunctive	Present	Past
1st singular	*hnippō	*hnippōdī
2nd singular	*hnippōs	*hnippōdī
3rd singular	*hnippō	*hnippōdī
1st plural	*hnippōm	*hnippōdīm
2nd plural	*hnippōþ	*hnippōdīd
3rd plural	*hnippōn	*hnippōdīn
Imperative	Present
Singular	*hnippō
Plural	*hnippōþ
	Present	Past
Participle	*hnippōndī	*hnippōd

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: *hnippian
- Middle English: nippen (possibly loaned from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German instead)
  - English: nip
Old Saxon: *hnippōn
- Middle Low German: nippen
  - Low German: nippen
  - → German: nippen
  - → Norwegian Bokmål: nippe
  - → Danish: nippe
Old Dutch: *nippon
- Middle Dutch: nippen
  - Dutch: nippen
Old High German: *nipfōn
- Middle High German: nipfen
  - German: nipfen (dialectal)

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