Where does “capac” come from?
capac (Romanian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قاپاق, from Proto-Turkic *kapgak, from Proto-Turkic Kāp-.
capac (Romanian): lid
Ancestry of “capac”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قاپاق | lid; cover; shutter |
| 2 | Proto-Turkic | *kapgak | — |
| 3 | Proto-Turkic | Kāp- | — |