Where does “txapela” come from?
txapela (Catalan) comes from Basque txapel, from Basque kapela, from German Kapelle, from Middle High German kappelle, from Old High German kappella, from Latin cappella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
txapela (Catalan): txapela Basque beret
Definitions
- txapela Basque beret
Ancestry of “txapela”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basque | txapel | beret |
| 2 | Basque | kapela | — |
| 3 | German | Kapelle | chapel; band, ensemble |
| 4 | Middle High German | kappelle | — |
| 5 | Old High German | kappella | — |
| 6 | Latin | cappella | chapel; choir |
| 7 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |