Nap
Old English hnappian, probably of Germanic origin.
wiktionary
From Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian(“to doze, slumber, sleep”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappōną(“to nap”). Cognate with Old High German hnaffezan, hnaffezzan (whence Middle High German nafzen(“to slumber”) whence German dialectal napfezen, nafzen(“to nod, slumber, nap”)).
From late Middle English noppe, nappe, from Middle Dutch and Middle Low German noppe, noppen(“to trim the nap”), ultimately from knappen(“to eat, crack”), of imitative origin. Related to the first element of knapsack.
From the name of the French emperor Napoleon I of France.
Probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa(“to pluck, pinch”). Related to nab.
From French napper, from nappe(“nape”).
From Middle English nap(“a bowl”), from Old English hnæpp(“a cup, bowl”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz(“a cup, bowl”). Cognate with Dutch nap(“drinking cup”), German Napf(“bowl”), Low German Napp(“bowl, cup”), Icelandic hnappur(“button, key”). Doublet of hanap. See also nappy.
etymonline
nap (n.1)
"downy or woolly surface of cloth," mid-15c., noppe, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German noppe "nap, tuft of wool," probably introduced by Flemish cloth-workers. Cognate with Old English hnoppian "to pluck," ahneopan "pluck off," Old Swedish niupa "to pinch," Gothic dis-hniupan "to tear."
nap (v.1)
"have a short sleep," Middle English nappen, from Old English hnappian (Mercian hneappian) "to doze, slumber, sleep lightly," a word of unknown origin, apparently related to Old High German hnaffezan, German dialectal nafzen, Norwegian napp. In Middle English also "be sleepy, be inattentive or careless." Related: Napped; napping.
nap (n.2)
"short spell of sleep," especially during daylight hours, mid-14c., from nap (v.). With take (v.) from c. 1400.
nap (v.2)
"to furnish with a nap, raise the nap of," 1610s, from nap (n.1). Earlier in a now-obsolete sense of "shear or clip off the nap of" (a fabric), late 15c., noppen, from Middle Dutch. Related: Napped; napping.
