Where does “Kaapverdiaan” come from?

Kaapverdiaan (Dutch) comes from Dutch Kaapverdië, from Dutch kaap, from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput — to seize, hold.

Kaapverdiaan (Dutch): Cape Verdean

Definitions

  1. Cape Verdean

Ancestry of “Kaapverdiaan”, step by step

Kaapverdiaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Kaapverdië

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchKaapverdië—
2Dutchkaapcape, headland
3Middle Frenchcaphead
4Old Occitancap—
5Vulgar Latincapus—
6Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
7Proto-Italickaputhead
8Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
9Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via Dutch aan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
2Middle Dutchāneon, on top of
3Old Dutchāna—
4Proto-West Germanicanaon
5Proto-Germanic*an—
6Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “Kaapverdiaan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →