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| | ===Etymology=== | | ===Etymology=== |
| − | From {{etyl|dum|nl}} {{term|cniff|cnīff|lang=dum}}, {{term|cnijf|lang=dum}}; ultimately from {{etyl|gem-pro|nl}} {{recons|knībaz|lang=gem-pro}}. Related to | + | From {{etyl|dum|nl}} {{term|cnijf|lang=dum}}, from {{etyl|odt|nl}} {{recons|knif|knīf|lang=odt}}, from {{etyl|gem-pro|nl}} {{recons|knībaz|lang=gem-pro}}. Related to Dutch {{term|knijpen||to pinch|lang=nl}}. Cognate with English {{term|knife|lang=en}}, Low German {{term|Knief|lang=nds}}, Luxembourgish {{term|Knäip|lang=lb}}, Swedish {{term|kniv|lang=sv}}, Old Norse {{term|knífr|lang=non}}. |
| − | Dutch {{term|knijpen|lang=nl}} 'to pinch'. Cognate with: | |
| − | *English {{term|knife}}, Middle English {{term|knif|lang=enm}}, Old English {{term|cnif|cnīf|lang=ang}} | |
| − | *Low German {{term|Knief|lang=nds}} | |
| − | *German {{term|Knäip|lang=lb}} | |
| − | *Danish/Swedish {{term|kniv|lang=sv}}, Old Norse {{term|knífr|lang=non}} | |
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| | ===Noun=== | | ===Noun=== |
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| | # {{archaic|lang=nl}} long pointy [[knife]], [[poniard]] | | # {{archaic|lang=nl}} long pointy [[knife]], [[poniard]] |
| | # {{regional|lang=nl}} [[switchblade]] | | # {{regional|lang=nl}} [[switchblade]] |
| − | # (''regional'') [[pocketknife]] | + | # {{dialectal|lang=nl}} [[pocketknife]] |
