Where does “sleepkabel” come from?

sleepkabel (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,...

sleepkabel (Dutch): towline

Definitions

  1. towline

Ancestry of “sleepkabel”, step by step

sleepkabel 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 slepen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchslepento drag, to tow; to slide
2Middle Dutchslêpen
3Old Dutchslēpento drag, tow
4Proto-West Germanicslaipijanto pull along, to drag
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-