An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/Napf

by Friedrich Kluge

Napf, masculine, ‘bowl, basin,’ from Middle High German napf, Old High German napf, for an earlier hnapf, masculine, ‘goblet, dish’; corresponding to Middle Low German and Dutch nap, ‘bowl,’ Anglo-Saxon hnœp (genitive hnœppes), ‘goblet.’ Of obscure origin. The Teutonic cognates passed into Romance; compare Italian nappo, French hanap, ‘goblet.’