Where does “lapish” come from?

lapish (Chickasaw) comes from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

lapish (Chickasaw): antenna; horn

Definitions

  1. antenna; horn

Ancestry of “lapish”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloglapijoining or attaching a part to a whole; affix
2Spanishlápizpencil
3Italianlapispencil; sanguine
4Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
5Proto-Italic*lapetsstone

Words derived from “lapish

Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets