Where does “capa” come from?
capa (Sicilian) comes from Corsican capu, from Albanian çap, from Albanian cjap, from Proto-Scythian capi, from Polish cap, from Romanian țap, from Church Slavonic цапъ, from Latin caper — he-goat, billy goat.
capa (Sicilian): head
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Ancestry of “capa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Corsican | capu | head |
| 2 | Albanian | çap | to extend one's leg for walking; get a move on;... |
| 3 | Albanian | cjap | he-goat, billy goat |
| 4 | Proto-Scythian | capi | — |
| 5 | Polish | cap | billy-goat; buck; second-person singular... |
| 6 | Romanian | țap | he-goat; buck; beer mug |
| 7 | Church Slavonic | цапъ | — |
| 8 | Latin | caper | a male goat, billy goat; vocative singular of... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *kapros | he-goat |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kápros | he-goat, billy goat |