cahiz

The story

1. Classical Syriac · derived fromܩܦܝܙܐ
2. Aramaic · derived fromקְפִיזָא
3. Arabic · derived fromقَفِيز“qafiz”
4. Old Spanish · derived fromcafiz
5. Spanish · borrowed fromcahíz
6. English todaycahiz

From Spanish cahíz, from Old Spanish cafiz, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz, “qafiz”), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units. Doublet of qafiz and cafiso. Cognate with Ancient Greek καπίθη (kapíthē).

Words from the same roots