nap

nap · verb¹

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hnappōn“to nap”
2. Old English · inherited fromhnappian“to doze, slumber, sleep”
3. Middle English · inherited fromnappen
4. English todaynap

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”)).

nap · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromnap
2. English todaynap

From Middle English nap, from the verb nappen.

nap · noun, verb³

1. Middle Low German · derived fromnoppe
2. Middle English · inherited fromnoppe
3. English todaynap

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.

nap · noun⁴

From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France.

nap · verb⁵

1. Old Swedish · derived fromnappa“to pluck, pinch”
2. English todaynap

Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”). Related to nab.

nap · verb⁶

1. French · borrowed fromnapper
2. English todaynap

From French napper, from nappe (“nape”).

nap · noun⁷

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hnappaz“a cup, bowl”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hnapp
3. Old English · inherited fromhnæpp“a cup, bowl”
4. Middle English · inherited fromnap“a bowl”
5. English todaynap

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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