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Where does “kaapvaart” come from?

kaapvaart (Dutch) comes from Dutch kapen, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī, from Proto-Germanic andijaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂entíos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- — on, onto.

kaapvaart (Dutch): privateering, freebooting under a letter of...

Definitions

  1. privateering, freebooting under a letter of...

Ancestry of “kaapvaart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkapento hijack, to seize control of something -...
2Dutchenand; well, so; plus, and
3Middle Dutchendeand; end
4Old Dutchendiend
5Proto-West Germanicandīend
6Proto-Germanicandijazend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂entíosfront; forehead
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto
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