Where does “kabelknippen” come from?

kabelknippen (Dutch) comes from Dutch kabel, from Middle Dutch cabel, from French câble, from Old French cable, from Vulgar Latin caplum, from Latin capulum, from Latin capiō, from Proto-Italic kapiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

kabelknippen (Dutch): to cancel traditional subscription television services such as cable or satellite in favour of online services; to do cord-cutting

Definitions

  1. to cancel traditional subscription television services such as cable or satellite in favour of online services; to do cord-cutting

Ancestry of “kabelknippen”, step by step

kabelknippen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kabel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkabelcable; cable television; cable internet
2Middle Dutchcabelthick rope
3Frenchcâblecable; first-person singular present indicative...
4Old Frenchcable
5Vulgar Latincaplum
6Latincapulumhandle; hilt; halter, lasso
7Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
8Proto-Italickapiōtake
9Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
10Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via Dutch knippen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchknippento cut with scissors; to cut; to make a pinching...
2Middle Dutchknippen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-