Where does “şapkacı” come from?
şapkacı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish شاپقهجی, 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 — to seize, hold.
şapkacı (Turkish): hatter
Ancestry of “şapkacı”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | شاپقهجی | — |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | شاپقه | hat |
| 3 | Russian | ша́пка | hat |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | шапка | — |
| 5 | Old French | chape | cape |
| 6 | Latin | cāppa | — |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |