Where does “ラッパ” come from?

ラッパ (Ainu) comes from Japanese らっぱ, from Chinese 喇叭, from Mongolian ᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ, from Middle Chinese 螺貝.

ラッパ (Ainu): trumpet

Definitions

  1. trumpet

Ancestry of “ラッパ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseらっぱ喇叭 bugle, trumpet; 乱波 spy, ruffian
2Chinese喇叭horn; suona; laba
3Mongolianᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢsea shell; conch; conch trumpet
4Middle Chinese螺貝—
Every word from Middle Chinese 螺貝 →Every word from Mongolian ᠯᠠᠪᠠᠢ →Every word from Chinese 喇叭 →