Where does “nappa” come from?

nappa (Swedish) comes from Old Swedish nappa, from Old Norse hnappa, from Proto-Germanic hnappōną, from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂-.

nappa (Swedish): to bite, to take; to take, grab, pinch

Definitions

  1. to bite, to take; to take, grab, pinch

Ancestry of “nappa”, step by step

nappa 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 English Napa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNapaBrassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage
2Japanese菜っ葉leaves of any vegetable
3Japanese葉leaf, needle, blade; a season, an age: a shorter...
4Middle Chinese葉—

Words derived from “nappa”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European knobʰnéh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hnappōną →Every word from Old Norse hnappa →