Where does “chapka” come from?

chapka (English) comes from Polish czapka, from French chape, from Old French chape, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

chapka (English): A type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish...

Definitions

  1. A type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish...

Ancestry of “chapka”, step by step

chapka traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Polish czapka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishczapkacap
2Frenchchapecape, cloak; cope, cappa; gin block
3Old Frenchchapecape
4Latincāppacape, cloak
5Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
6Proto-Italickaputhead
7Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via Russian ша́пка

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianша́пкаhat
2Old East Slavicшапка—

via Polish chapać

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishchapaćto snatch, to snap at
2Proto-Slavicxāpàtiseize

Words derived from “chapka”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →