Etymology

hanap

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Today it means: A rich goblet, especially one used on state occasions. Full definition →

French hanap ← Frankish *hnapp ← Proto-Germanic *hnappaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hnappaz“cup, bowl”
  2. Frankish · derived from*hnapp
  3. French · borrowed fromhanap
  4. English todayhanap

From French hanap, from Frankish *hnapp, from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”). Doublet of nap.

Words from the same roots

Frankish*hnapp all →

hampernape

Proto-Germanic*hnappaz all →

naphampernape

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.