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Proto-Germanic: *knappa-, *knappian- vb., *knappa-z
Meaning: narrow, short
Old Norse: knapp-r `krapp, von kurzen Wellen'; kneppa wk. `klemmen, kneifen'; knapp-r m. `Knopf'
Norwegian: knapp `enge, kurz, knapp'; kneppa vb.; knapp `Knopf'
Swedish: knapp adj.; dial. knäpp; dial. knapp `Knopf'
Danish: knap `kärglich, spärlich'; knap `Knopf'
Old English: cnäp `Spitze, Kopf, Spange'
Old Frisian: knapp `Hügel; Absatz am Schuh'
Dutch: { knap `eng anschliessend; spärlich; schnell; klug' }
Middle Low German: knapp `gering, kurz, sparsam, hurtig'; knapp `Hügel; Absatz am Schuh'
Comments: Also various 'knobs'.
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Proto-IE: *gnabh-
Meaning: to squeeze, to bend
Old Greek: gnáptō, va. á-gnapto- `Tuch walken, Wolle krempeln; zerreissen, zerfleischen'; gnápsi- `das Walken', gnáptōr m. `Walker', gnáphallo-n n. `Wopllflocken, Kissen'
Slavic: *gnǭbītī `drücken etc.'
Russ. meaning: сжимать, сгибать
References: WP I 580 f (somewhat different in Pok.)
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