Where does “šampon” come from?
šampon (Serbo-Croatian) comes from German Schampon, from English shampoo, from Urdu چان٘پو, from Hindi चाँपो, from Hindi चाँपना, from Sanskrit चपयति — to pound, kneed; to pound, to knead; to pound,...
šampon (Serbo-Croatian): shampoo
Ancestry of “šampon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Schampon | — |
| 2 | English | shampoo | A traditional Indian and Persian body massage... |
| 3 | Urdu | چان٘پو | — |
| 4 | Hindi | चाँपो | inflection of चाँपना :
## second-person plural... |
| 5 | Hindi | चाँपना | to press, to squeeze, to knead; to shampoo; to... |
| 6 | Sanskrit | चपयति | to pound, kneed; to pound, to knead; to pound,... |