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Proto-Baltic: *kneĩt- vb. tr., *kneîd-ē̂- (1) vb.
Meaning: scratch
Indo-European etymology: Indo-European etymology
Lettish: kniẽdêt `nieten, vernieten'; knìest (-šu, -tu/-su) `jucken, prickeln', kniẽtêt (U.) 'jucken'
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *kneit-, -d-
Meaning: to scratch, to break, to wound
Tokharian: B nitt- 'break, collapse; crush' (Adams 337)
Old Greek: knízdō, aor. knísai̯, pass. knisthē̂n, pf. pass. kéknismai̯ `kratze, reiben, reizen, ärgern', apó-, epí-knisi-s `das (Ab)kratzen etc.'
Baltic: *kneĩt- vb. tr., *kneîd-ē̂- (1) vb.
Germanic: *xnīt-a- vb., *xnait-ō- vb., *xnit-Vl=
Celtic: *knidā > MIr cned `Wunde'
Russ. meaning: царапать, ломать, ранить
References: WP I 390 f
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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *xnītan- vb., *xnaitōn- vb., *xnitVl=
Meaning: scratch, break, wound
IE etymology: IE etymology
Old Norse: hnīta st. `stossen', hneita `stossen, beleidigen', hnitol`stössig, cornipetus'
Norwegian: nita `stechen, schmerzen'
Old English: hnīta `stossen, zusammenstossen'
Old Saxon: hnītan `stossen', of-hnītan `wegreissen'
Middle Dutch: nīten `slaan, klinken'
Dutch: dial. nijten `met de horens stoten; dwarsdrijven, lastig zijn'
Middle Low German: niten `stoten', netel `stössig, cornipetus'
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