Where does “kapskui” come from?

kapskui (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto kapo, from Latin capus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput, from Proto-Indo-European káput, from Proto-Indo-European kap- — to seize, hold.

kapskui (Esperanto): to shake one's head

Definitions

  1. to shake one's head

Ancestry of “kapskui”, step by step

kapskui traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto kapo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokapohead; kappa
2Latincapusa bird of prey
3Latincaputhead; headlike protuberance on an organ or body...
4Proto-Italickaputhead
5Proto-Indo-Europeankáputhead
6Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

via Esperanto skui

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoskuito shake, to shake out of fear
2Italianscuotereto shake, jolt; to gnash
3Latinexcutiōto shake out, shake off, elicit, knock out, drive out, cast off, strike off
4Latinēx-out, away
5Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kap- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European káput →Every word from Proto-Italic kaput →