Where does “kap” come from?
kap (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch cappe, from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα, from Phoenician 𐤊, from Egyptian 𓂧.
kap (Dutch): cap; cover; stroke; chopping
Definitions
- cap; cover; stroke; chopping
Ancestry of “kap”, step by step
kap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Dutch cappe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Dutch | cappe | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | cappa | cape, hood; cloak; cape, cloak |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κάππα | kappa, the name for the tenth letter Κ, κ of the... |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤊 | kaph; kap |
| 5 | Egyptian | 𓂧 | — |
via Dutch kappen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kappen | to cut hair and model it; to chop, as with an... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | cappen | to chop, to cleave |
| 3 | Old Dutch | *kappon | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *kappōn | to chop, cut off |