Where does “كرفتة” come from?

كرفتة (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Italian cravatta, from French Cravate, from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt, from Proto-Slavic xorvatъ — Croat.

كرفتة (Hijazi Arabic): necktie

Definitions

  1. necktie

Ancestry of “كرفتة”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiancravattanecktie
2FrenchCravateCroat
3Serbo-CroatianHr̀vāta Croat; Croat
4Proto-SlavicxorvatъCroat
Every word from Proto-Slavic xorvatъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian Hr̀vāt →Every word from French Cravate →