Proto-Germanic: *knī́fa-z, *knī[f]ō; *knīpan-, *knippōn-; *xnīpōn- vb., *xnipōn- vb.
Meaning: knife, squeeze, pinch
Old Norse: ben-kneif f. `Spiess', NIsl kneif `grosser Angehaken'; knīf-r m. `Messer'; hnīpa st. `den Kopf hängen; missmütig sein'
Norwegian: kniv; dial. knīpa `kneifen'; dial. nipen `schüchtern'
Swedish: kniv
Danish: kniv
Old English: hnipian `den Kopf hängen lassen, sich neigen, missmutig, schläfrig sein'
East Frisian: Fris kniif
Middle Dutch: cniif, cnief `lang, punting mes, ponjaard'; Kil. knijpen; cnippen `knippen, in het nauw brengen'
Dutch: knijf n. `knipmes'; knijpen; pnippen
Middle Low German: knīf `Messer'; knippen `mit den Augen zwinkern'; knīpen; knippen `knipogen'
Low German: knippen `schneiden'; knipperig `karg, sparsam'
German: [ kneifen zu MLG gebildet ], [ Kniff ]; dial. kneif `Messer'; kneipf `id.'
