Etymograph

English

kudyapi

Kudyapi comes from Tagalog kudyapi ‘kudyapi (a boat lute)’, from Sanskrit कच्छप ‘tortoise’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćyápas ‘turtle’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*kaćyápas‘turtle’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकच्छप‘tortoise’
  3. Tagalogmodernkudyapi‘kudyapi (a boat lute)’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*kaćyápas‘turtle’reconstructed
  2. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकच्छप‘tortoise’
  3. Tagalogmodernkudyapi‘kudyapi (a boat lute)’
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kes- ‘to cut’

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Today it means

noun a boat-shaped lute

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćyápas / kudyapi

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