Where does “kacchapa” come from?

kacchapa (Pali) comes from Sanskrit कच्छप, from Sanskrit कश्यप, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.

kacchapa (Pali): tortoise, turtle

Definitions

  1. tortoise, turtle

Ancestry of “kacchapa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकच्छपtortoise, turtle
2Sanskritकश्यपa tortoise; having black teeth
3Proto-Indo-Aryankaśyápas—
4Proto-Indo-Iraniankaćyápasturtle
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas →Every word from Sanskrit कश्यप →