Where does “kacapi” come from?

kacapi (Sundanese) comes from Sanskrit कच्छप, from Sanskrit कश्यप, from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas — turtle.

kacapi (Sundanese): A box zither with an open bottom, played by plucking, as the main accompanying instrument of tembang sunda and pantun sunda

Definitions

  1. A box zither with an open bottom, played by plucking, as the main accompanying instrument of tembang sunda and pantun sunda

Ancestry of “kacapi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritकच्छपtortoise, turtle
2Sanskritकश्यपa tortoise; having black teeth
3Proto-Indo-Aryankaśyápas—
4Proto-Indo-Iraniankaćyápasturtle

Words derived from “kacapi”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian kaćyápas →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan kaśyápas →Every word from Sanskrit कश्यप →