Where does “nap” come from?

Knap comes from French nappe, from Latin -are, from Latin -o, from Proto-Indo-European gnebʰ-, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European gen-.

nap (English): A short period of sleep, especially one during...

Definitions

  1. A short period of sleep, especially one during...

Ancestry of “nap”, step by step

nap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Swedish nappa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishnappato pinch, pluck
2Old Norsehnappa—
3Proto-Germanichnappōnąto pick, pluck, tear off
4Proto-Indo-Europeanknobʰnéh₂-—

via Middle English nappen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishnappenTo nap or doze; to have a short sleep; To be...
2Old Englishhnappianto doze, slumber, sleep

Words derived from “nap”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂- →