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napEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnappōn (“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence Middle High German nafzen (“to slumber”) whence German dialectal napfezen, nafzen (“to nod, slumber, nap”)).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗napEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
From Middle English nap, from the verb nappen.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗napEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From late Middle English noppe, nappe, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German noppe, noppen (“to trim the nap”), ultimately from knappen (“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin. Related to the first element of knapsack.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗napEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗napEnglish (en) · Etymology 5Source text
Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”). Related to nab.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗napEnglish (en) · Etymology 6Source text
From French napper, from nappe (“nape”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗napEnglish (en) · Etymology 7Source text
From Middle English nap (“a bowl”), from Old English hnæpp (“a cup, bowl”), from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“a cup, bowl”). Cognate with Dutch nap (“drinking cup”), Low German Napp (“bowl, cup”), German Napf (“bowl”), Icelandic hnappur (“button, key”). Doublet of hanap. See also nappy.
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