Where does “Kaapverdisch” come from?

Kaapverdisch (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.

Kaapverdisch (Dutch): Cape Verdean

Definitions

  1. Cape Verdean

Ancestry of “Kaapverdisch”, step by step

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap-
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