From: tgpedersen
Message: 60092
Date: 2008-09-17
>You seem to be referring to an article or book by Orel. I can't find
> Hi Torsten,
>
> I'd go with Orel - Vennemann complains of no trace of the original
> Germanic knibaz, but it's preserved as a cognate in Lith, gnybti,
> etc. (Orel p. 218). What's the problem with this? Original meaning
> 'pinching off, shearing off"