Where does “แคปปา” come from?

แคปปา (Thai) comes from English kappa, from Japanese 河童, from Japanese かっぱ, from Japanese 川, from Japanese 石川 — Ishi River (rivers in Japan).

แคปปา (Thai): kappa

Definitions

  1. kappa

Ancestry of “แคปปา”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkappaThe tenth letter of the Greek alphabet; A...
2Japanese河童a river-dwelling imp or monster from Japanese...
3Japaneseかっぱ河童 river-dwelling monster from Japanese...
4Japanese川river, stream, brook
5Japanese石川Ishi River (rivers in Japan)
Every word from Japanese 石川 →Every word from Japanese 川 →Every word from Japanese かっぱ →
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