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Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by rrauenza on Monday February 10, 2025 @12:28PM (#43002782)
pumpkin and munchkin come to mind. Googling, apparently napkin is also from that.
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Re:Surnames from nicknames nobody has any more by rbalicki on Monday February 10, 2025 @01:30PM (#43003482)
The History of the English language podcast talks about the word napkin in multiple places:

[1] Podcast 110 https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/2018/04/07/episode-110-d...

[2] Podcast 133 https://historyofenglishpodcast.com/2020/01/21/episode-133-b...

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