Where does “kanap” come from?

kanap (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قنب, from Arabic قِنَّب — hemp.

kanap (Serbo-Croatian): string, twine, cord

Definitions

  1. string, twine, cord

Ancestry of “kanap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishقنبhemp; hemp-fibre or hemp-rope, or yarn or twine...
2Arabicقِنَّبhemp
Every word from Arabic قِنَّب →Every word from Ottoman Turkish قنب →
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