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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K (1891)
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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Friedrich Kluge2511822An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, K — knapp1891John Francis Davis

​ knapp, adj., ‘scanty,’ ModHG. only; wanting in MidHG. and OHG.; probably from LG., for gehnapp. Comp. OIc. hneppr, ‘narrow.’

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