Where does “капуста” come from?
капуста (Belarusian) comes from Polish Kapusta, from Russian капу́ста, from Slovak kapusta, from Ukrainian капу́ста, from Old East Slavic капуста, from Latin composita, from Latin compositus, from Latin compono — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
капуста (Belarusian): cabbage
Ancestry of “капуста”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Polish | Kapusta | — |
| 2 | Russian | капу́ста | cabbage |
| 3 | Slovak | kapusta | cabbage |
| 4 | Ukrainian | капу́ста | — |
| 5 | Old East Slavic | капуста | — |
| 6 | Latin | composita | nominative feminine singular of compositus;... |
| 7 | Latin | compositus | ordered, arranged, regular, matching; composed,... |
| 8 | Latin | compono | I arrange, compile, compose, make up; I... |
| 9 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 10 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | — |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |