Schnapphahn

German

Etymology

From Middle High German snaphan (“mounted highwayman”). Cognate with Dutch snaphaan (“gun, musket, bandit”).[1]

Noun

Schnapphahn m (strong, genitive Schnapphahns, plural Schnapphähne)

highwayman

Descendants

→ Dutch: snaphaan
- Berbice Creole Dutch: snapan
- → Biak: sinapan
- → Burmese: သေနတ် (senat)
  - → Mon: သေနာတ်
- → English: snaphaan, snaphance
- → Indonesian: senapan
- → Malay: senapang
- → West Frisian: snaphoanne (calque)
→ French: chenapan
- → Romanian: șnapan
→ Swedish: snapphane

References

Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Schnapphahn”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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