kilim

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*ḱel-“to cover”
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromκάλυμμα“cover, top, covering”
3. Persian · derived fromگلیم
4. Turkish · borrowed fromkilim
5. English todaykilim

Borrowed from Turkish kilim, from Persian گلیم (gelim), akin to Aramaic גלימא (galīmā, “blanket, garment, cloth”), both from Ancient Greek κάλυμμα (kálumma, “cover, top, covering”) derived from καλύπτω (kalúptō, “to cover”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”).

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