--- In cybalist@... s.com, Jonathan Morris <jonatas9@.. .> wrote:
>
> 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"
You seem to be referring to an article or book by Orel. I can't find
it in the archives in any posting by you or anyone else.
Torsten