Where does “nokamüts” come from?

nokamüts (Estonian) comes from Estonian müts, from Low German mutze, from Medieval Latin almutia — hood, cowl.

nokamüts (Estonian): baseball cap

Definitions

  1. baseball cap

Ancestry of “nokamüts”, step by step

nokamüts traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian müts

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmütshat, cap; thump
2Low Germanmutze—
3Medieval Latinalmutiahood, cowl

via Estonian nokk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniannokkbeak, bill
Every word from Medieval Latin almutia →Every word from Low German mutze →Every word from Estonian müts →