Where does “kipa” come from?

kipa (Finnish) comes from Hebrew כיפה, from Hebrew כָּפַף — to bow, bend.

kipa (Finnish): A yarmulke, kippah

Definitions

  1. A yarmulke, kippah

Ancestry of “kipa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכיפהkippah, yarmulke; dome
2Hebrewכָּפַףto bow, bend
Every word from Hebrew כָּפַף →Every word from Hebrew כיפה →