Where does “sapkák” come from?
sapkák (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian sapka, from Serbo-Croatian šapka, from Russian ша́пка, from Old East Slavic шапка, from Old French chape, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
Ancestry of “sapkák”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | sapka | cap, skullcap, bonnet; cap |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | šapka | hat |
| 3 | Russian | ша́пка | hat |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | шапка | — |
| 5 | Old French | chape | cape |
| 6 | Latin | cāppa | cape, cloak |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |