Where does “cap jari” come from?

cap jari (Malay) comes from Malay cap, from Hindi छाप, from Hindi छापना, from Proto-Indo-Aryan chapp-.

cap jari (Malay): fingerprint

Definitions

  1. fingerprint

Ancestry of “cap jari”, step by step

cap jari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Malay cap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaycapseal; stamp
2Hindiछापstamp, marking, impression; stamp; mould
3Hindiछापनाto print
4Proto-Indo-Aryanchapp-—

via Malay jari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malayjaridigit of a limb
2Proto-Malayic*jarifinger
Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan chapp- →
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