Where does “قپان” come from?
قپان (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Classical Persian قپان, from Arabic قبان, from Byzantine Greek κάμπανος, from Latin Campāna, from Latin Campānus, from Latin campānia, from Latin campus, from Proto-Indo-European kh₂emp- — to bend, to curve.
قپان (Ottoman Turkish): trap, snare, gin, any contrivance designed to catch wild animals
Definitions
- trap, snare, gin, any contrivance designed to catch wild animals
Ancestry of “قپان”, step by step
قپان traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Classical Persian قپان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Classical Persian | قپان | — |
| 2 | Arabic | قبان | stilyard |
| 3 | Byzantine Greek | κάμπανος | — |
| 4 | Latin | Campāna | a large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples |
| 5 | Latin | Campānus | Campanian of or belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | campānia | — |
| 7 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Old Anatolian Turkish قاپان
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Anatolian Turkish | قاپان | trap |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *kap-gan | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | Kāp- | to close |
via Proto-Turkic *kapgan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | *kapgan | — |