Where does “колпа́к” come from?

колпа́к (Russian) comes from Old East Slavic колпакъ, from Middle Persian kwlʾp̄k', from Middle Persian kwlʾp̄ — bonnet; cap, bonnet.

колпа́к (Russian): high-crowned cap: cook cap, calpack, kalpak, fool's cap, nightcap etc

Definitions

  1. high-crowned cap: cook cap, calpack, kalpak, fool's cap, nightcap etc

Ancestry of “колпа́к”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East Slavicколпакъ—
2Middle Persiankwlʾp̄k'little cap; calyx
3Middle Persiankwlʾp̄bonnet; cap, bonnet

Words derived from “колпа́к”

Every word from Middle Persian kwlʾp̄ →Every word from Middle Persian kwlʾp̄k' →Every word from Old East Slavic колпакъ →