Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/hnuppô

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

From Proto-Indo-European *knew-, *kenw- (“to scratch, scrape, rub”).

Noun

*hnuppô m

a tuft or flock of wool
a knot in a cloth or fabric; nap

Inflection

masculine an-stemDeclension of *hnuppô (masculine an-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*hnuppô	*hnuppaniz
vocative	*hnuppô	*hnuppaniz
accusative	*hnuppanų	*hnuppanunz
genitive	*hnuppiniz	*hnuppanǫ̂
dative	*hnuppini	*hnuppammaz
instrumental	*hnuppinē	*hnuppammiz

Related terms

Descendants

Old English: hnoppa
- Middle English: noppe
  - Scots: nop, nap
  - English: nap
Old Saxon: *hnoppo
- Middle Low German: noppe, nopp
  - → Middle High German: noppe, nop
    - German: Noppe
Old Dutch: *noppo
- Middle Dutch: noppe
  - Dutch: nop
- → French: noppe, nope
Old High German: *hnopfo, *nopho, *noppo
Old Norse: *hnoppi
- Norwegian: napp
- Old Swedish: noppa
  - Swedish: noppa
- Danish: noppe, nopp

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