Where does “shap” come from?

shap (Albanian) comes from Latin sapa, from Proto-Italic sapā, from Proto-Indo-European sab- — juice; taste.

shap (Albanian): alum; foot-and-mouth disease

Definitions

  1. alum; foot-and-mouth disease

Ancestry of “shap”, step by step

shap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin sapa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsapaA reduction of must in Ancient Roman cuisine,...
2Proto-Italicsapā
3Proto-Indo-Europeansab-juice; taste

via Proto-Slavic sapъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavicsapъglanders
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sab-Every word from Proto-Italic sapāEvery word from Latin sapa