Where does “Kippa” come from?

Kippa (German) comes from Hebrew כיפה, from Hebrew כָּפַף — to bow, bend.

Kippa (German): kippah

Definitions

  1. kippah

Ancestry of “Kippa”, step by step

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