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

  1. cap; cover; stroke; chopping

Ancestry of “kap”, step by step

kap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Dutch cappe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchcappe
2Late Latincappacape, hood; cloak; cape, cloak
3Ancient Greekκάππαkappa, the name for the tenth letter Κ, κ of the...
4Phoenician𐤊kaph; kap
5Egyptian𓂧

via Dutch kappen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchkappento cut hair and model it; to chop, as with an...
2Middle Dutchcappento chop, to cleave
3Old Dutch*kappon
4Proto-West Germanic*kappōnto chop, cut off

Words derived from “kap

Every word from Egyptian 𓂧