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Where does “tapit” come from?

tapit (Old Norse) comes from Middle Low German tappet, from Latin tapēte, from Latin tapēs, from Ancient Greek τάπης — carpet, rug, mat.

Ancestry of “tapit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Low Germantappet—
2Latintapēte—
3Latintapēs—
4Ancient Greekτάπηςcarpet, rug, mat

Words derived from “tapit”

  • vatteppe
  • snøteppe
  • teppe
  • vatteppe
  • snøteppe
  • teppe
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