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