An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/knapp

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry knapp. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2567232An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — knappJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ knapp, adjective, ‘scanty,’ Modern High German only; wanting in Middle High German and Old High German; probably from Low German, for gehnapp. Compare Old Icelandic hneppr, ‘narrow.’

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