knippen

Etymology 1
From, further etymology. Directly related only with 🇨🇬. Probably.

The sense “to blink” may, at least in part, be due to conflation with. Compare   (“to screw up one’s eyes”); also 🇨🇬 and  both in the sense of “to blink”, 🇨🇬. See also 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to cut with scissors
 * 2)  to cut (remove an item and place it in memory for later use)
 * 3)  to make a pinching movement, especially with one's eyelids; thus, to blink
 * 4)  to snap one's fingers