Where does “kanap” come from?
kanap (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ottoman Turkish قنب, from Arabic قِنَّب — hemp.
kanap (Serbo-Croatian): string, twine, cord
Ancestry of “kanap”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | قنب | hemp; hemp-fibre or hemp-rope, or yarn or twine... |
| 2 | Arabic | قِنَّب | hemp |