Where does “Knapp” come from?

Knapp (English) comes from Middle English knappe, from Old English cnæp, from Proto-Germanic knappô, from Proto-Indo-European gnebʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European gen- — to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...

Knapp (English): A place name

Definitions

  1. A place name

Ancestry of “Knapp”, step by step

Knapp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English knappe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishknappeAlternative form of knape; knob, bump, bud; lump,...
2Old Englishcnæptop
3Proto-Germanicknappôknob, lump; button
4Proto-Indo-Europeangnebʰ-to press, tighten
5Proto-Indo-Europeangen-to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate; to...

via German knabe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanknabeknave, boy, lad
2Middle High Germanknabe—
3Old High Germanknaboboy
4Proto-West Germanicknabōalternative reconstruction of *knappō
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gen- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gnebʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic knappô →