English
gnip
Gnip may come from English knip ‘to bite, crop, nip’.
- English1500–presentknip‘to bite, crop, nip’uncertain
- Englishtodaygnip
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentknip‘to bite, crop, nip’uncertain
- Englishtodaygnip
Every English word from English knip
Today it means
verb To nip, bite; to champ at the bit
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English knip / gnip