Etymology

snapper

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Today it means: One who, or that which, snaps. Full definition →

English snap ← Low German snappen ← Dutch snappen
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snapper · noun1

  1. Middle Dutchsnappen
  2. Dutchsnappen
  3. Low Germansnappen
  4. Englishsnap
  5. English todaysnapper

From snap + -er.

snapper · verb, noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromsnaperen
  2. English todaysnapper

From Middle English snaperen, likely formed with the frequentative suffix -eren (Modern English -er). For the stem compare Norwegian Nynorsk snåva (“to stumble”), Swedish snäva (“to stumble”), obsolete German schnappen (“to totter, to limp”), Middle High German snaben, Middle Low German snaven (“to stumble”).

Snapper · proper noun3

Named after the former "Snapper" Inn.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.