Where does “šapka” come from?
šapka (Serbo-Croatian) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
šapka (Serbo-Croatian): hat
Ancestry of “šapka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | ша́пка | hat |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | шапка | — |
| 3 | Old French | chape | cape |
| 4 | Latin | cāppa | — |
| 5 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
Words derived from “šapka”