Indo-European etymology : Query result

Proto-IE: *knap-/-e- (-ph-), -b-

Meaning: to scratch, to scrape

Old Greek: ion., altatt. knáptō `Tuch walken, Wolle krempeln; zerreissen zerfleischen'; knápho-s m. `die Karde des Walkers; Klette, Stachelfolter', knaphéu̯-s `Walker'

Baltic: *knā̂p- vb. tr.; *knab-l-ia- c., *knab-ā̂- vb., *knēb-ā̂- vb., *knab-ù-, *kneb-ùadj., *kneb-ia-, *knab-ia- c., *kneb- vb. intr., *knā̂b- vb. tr.

Germanic: *xnīp-a-/*xnip-a- vb., *xnipp-ō- vb., *xnipp=, *xnapp=, *xnap(p)-ia- vb.

Russ. meaning: скрести, царапать

References: WP I 392 f