Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnappaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps related to *knuttô.[1] See also *hnappōną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxnɑp.pɑz/

Noun

*hnappaz m

bowl; cup

Inflection

masculine a-stemDeclension of *hnappaz (masculine a-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hnappaz	hnappōz, hnappōs
vocative	*hnapp	hnappōz, hnappōs
accusative	*hnappą	*hnappanz
genitive	hnappas, hnappis	*hnappǫ̂
dative	*hnappai	*hnappamaz
instrumental	*hnappō	*hnappamiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *hnapp
- Old English: hnæpp, hnæpf, hnæp
  - Middle English: nappe, neppe, nap, nep
    - English: nap
    - Scots: napp, nap
- Old Frisian: *nepp, *nep
  - Saterland Frisian: Näp
  - West Frisian: nappe
- Old Saxon: *hnapp, hnap
  - Middle Low German: nap
    - German Low German: Napp
- Old Dutch: *napp, *nap
  - Middle Dutch: nappe, nap
    - Dutch: nap
- Old High German: napf, naph
  - Middle High German: napf, naph
    - German: Napf
- → Medieval Latin: hanappus (see there for further descendants)
Old Norse: hnappr
- Icelandic: hnappur
- Old Swedish: napper
  - Swedish: napp
Gothic: *𐌷𐌽𐌰𐍀𐍀𐍃 (*hnapps)[2]
- → Medieval Latin: nappus, nappa, napus
  - Italian: nappo

References

van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “nap”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Holthausen, Ferdinand (2012) Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch: Mit Einschluß der Eigennamen und der gotischen Lehnwörter im Romanischen [Gothic Etymological Dictionary: Including Proper Names and Gothic Loanwords in Romance Languages] (Germanische Bibliothek 4; 8) (in German), 2 edition, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 48

[1] van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “nap”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

[2] Holthausen, Ferdinand (2012) Gotisches etymologisches Wörterbuch: Mit Einschluß der Eigennamen und der gotischen Lehnwörter im Romanischen [Gothic Etymological Dictionary: Including Proper Names and Gothic Loanwords in Romance Languages] (Germanische Bibliothek 4; 8) (in German), 2 edition, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, →ISBN, page 48