Where does “kurvikapa” come from?

kurvikapa (Ingrian) comes from Old Anatolian Turkish kapa-, from Swahili -apa.

kurvikapa (Ingrian): dried smelt

Definitions

  1. dried smelt

Ancestry of “kurvikapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Anatolian Turkishkapa-to close
2Swahili-apa—
Every word from Swahili -apa →Every word from Old Anatolian Turkish kapa- →
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