Where does “kaap” come from?
kaap (Dutch) comes from Middle French cap, from Old Occitan cap, from Vulgar Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.
kaap (Dutch): cape, headland
Definitions
- cape, headland
Ancestry of “kaap”, step by step
kaap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French cap
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | cap | head |
| 2 | Old Occitan | cap | — |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | capus | — |
| 4 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |
via Old Frisian kāp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | kāp | purchase |
| 2 | Latin | capiō | to take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kapiō | take |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kapjō | take, seize |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂pyéti | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |