Where does “şapka” come from?
şapka (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish شاپقه, from Russian ша́пка, from Old East Slavic шапка, from Old French chape, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.
şapka (Turkish): hat
Ancestry of “şapka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | شاپقه | hat |
| 2 | Russian | ша́пка | hat |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | шапка | — |
| 4 | Old French | chape | cape |
| 5 | Latin | cāppa | — |
| 6 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
Words derived from “şapka”