Napp

The story

1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*hnapp
2. Old Saxon · derived from*hnapp
3. Middle Low German · derived fromnap“bowl, mug”
4. German · borrowed fromNapp
5. Old French · derived fromnappe“table cloth”
6. English todayNapp

Various origins: * As an English surname, variant of Nabb or reduced from McNabb. * As a German surname, a variant spelling of Knapp. * English metonymic occupational surname for a maker or seller of tablecloths, from Old French nappe (“table cloth”). * Borrowed from German Napp, a metonymic occupational surname for a bowl or cup maker, from Middle Low German nap (“bowl, mug”), from Old Saxon *hnapp, from Proto-West Germanic *hnapp.

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