Where does “teppich” come from?

teppich (German) comes from Middle High German teppich, from Old High German teppih, from English tapped, from Latin tapicus, from Latin tapēs, from Ancient Greek τάπης — carpet, rug, mat.

teppich (German): rug, carpet cloth covering for a floor

Definitions

  1. rug, carpet cloth covering for a floor

Ancestry of “teppich”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanteppich—
2Old High Germanteppih—
3Englishtappedsimple past tense and past participle of tap;...
4Latintapicus—
5Latintapēsrug, carpet
6Ancient Greekτάπηςcarpet, rug, mat

Words derived from “teppich”

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