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

  1. bowl; cup

Inflection

Declension 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
    • Old Frisian: *nepp, *nep
    • Old Saxon: *hnapp, hnap
      • Middle Low German: nap
        • German Low German: Napp
    • Old Dutch: *napp, *nap
    • Old High German: napf, naph
      • Middle High German: napf, naph
    • → Medieval Latin: hanappus (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Norse: hnappr
  • Gothic: *𐌷𐌽𐌰𐍀𐍀𐍃 (*hnapps)[2]

References

  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
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