Where does “kapkan” come from?

kapkan (Turkish) comes from Russian капка́н, from Proto-Turkic *kap-gan, from Proto-Turkic Kāp-.

Ancestry of “kapkan”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	капка́н	trap
2	Proto-Turkic	*kap-gan	—
3	Proto-Turkic	Kāp-	—

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