Where does “מאַפּע” come from?

מאַפּע (Yiddish) comes from Polish mapa, from Latin mappa — napkin; starting signal; map.

מאַפּע (Yiddish): map visual representation of an area

Definitions

  1. map visual representation of an area

Ancestry of “מאַפּע”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishmapamap
2Latinmappanapkin; starting signal; map
Every word from Latin mappa →Every word from Polish mapa →