Where does “næpa” come from?

næpa (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse næpa, from Old English nǣp, from Latin nāpus, from Ancient Greek νᾶπυ, from Demotic snwpt.

næpa (Icelandic): turnip; onion dome; chill air, cold wind

Definitions

  1. turnip; onion dome; chill air, cold wind

Ancestry of “næpa”, step by step

næpa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse næpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsenæpa—
2Old Englishnǣpturnip, rape
3Latinnāpusturnip, field mustard (Brassica rapa)
4Ancient Greekνᾶπυmustard
5Demoticsnwpt—

via Proto-Germanic nōpijǭ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicnōpijǭ—
Every word from Demotic snwpt →Every word from Ancient Greek νᾶπυ →Every word from Latin nāpus →