Where does “șepcărie” come from?

șepcărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian șapcă, from Russian ша́пка, from Old East Slavic шапка, from Old French chape, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.

șepcărie (Romanian): capmaking shop

Definitions

  1. capmaking shop

Ancestry of “șepcărie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianșapcăcap
2Russianша́пкаhat
3Old East Slavicшапка—
4Old Frenchchapecape
5Latincāppacape, cloak
6Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
7Proto-Italickaputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →