Where does “සපත්තුව” come from?

සපත්තුව (Sinhalese) comes from Portuguese sapato, from Old Portuguese çapato, from Old Spanish çapato — shoe.

සපත්තුව (Sinhalese): shoe

Definitions

  1. shoe

Ancestry of “සපත්තුව”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesesapatoshoe
2Old Portugueseçapatoshoe
3Old Spanishçapatoshoe
Every word from Old Spanish çapato →Every word from Old Portuguese çapato →Every word from Portuguese sapato →